counteremotion
Examples
“The counteremotion of anger is serenity, that of fear relaxation.”
“He began to feel⟳ [...] the elation of money coming his way, the self-congratulation that followed – because the gain⟳ was all down to his inspired decisions — and then the almost equal counteremotion of sickening anxiety: a fear that there was some aspect of the trade⟳ he hadn't covered, some twist⟳ that even he had not foreseen.”
“An aggressor experiences a revulsion to hurting his victim, but the discomfort cannot last⟳ forever, and eventually a reassuring, energizing counteremotion resets his equilibrium to neutral.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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