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#REDIRECT [[Emotion]]
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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''félan'' (also ''gefélan'') [[corresponds]] to Old Frisian ''fêla'', Old Saxon ''gifôlian'' (Dutch ''voelen''), Old High German ''fuolen'' to handle, grope
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a (1) : the one of the basic [[physical]] [[senses]] of which the [[skin]] contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of [[touch]] and temperature are characteristic : touch (2) : a sensation [[experienced]] through this sense
:b : generalized [[bodily]] [[consciousness]] or sensation
:c : appreciative or responsive [[awareness]] or [[recognition]]
*2a : an [[emotional]] state or [[reaction]] <a kindly feeling toward the boy>
:b plural : susceptibility to impression : [[sensitivity]] <the remark hurt her feelings>
*3a : the undifferentiated background of one's [[awareness]] considered apart from any identifiable sensation, [[perception]], or [[thought]]
:b : the overall [[quality]] of one's [[awareness]]
:c : [[conscious]] [[recognition]] : sense
*4a : often unreasoned [[opinion]] or [[belief]] : sentiment
:b : presentiment
*5: [[capacity]] to [[respond]] emotionally especially with the higher [[emotions]]
*6: the [[character]] ascribed to something : [[atmosphere]]
*7a : the [[quality]] of a [[work]] of [[art]] that conveys the [[emotion]] of the artist
:b : [[sympathetic]] [[aesthetic]] response
==Description==
'''Feeling''' is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominalization nominalization] of "to feel".
The [[word]] was first used in the [[English]] [[language]] to describe the [[physical]] sensation of [[touch]] through either [[experience]] or [[perception]]. The word is also used to describe [[experiences]], other than the [[physical]] sensation of [[touch]], such as "a feeling of [[warmth]]". In [[psychology]], the word is usually reserved for the [[conscious]] subjective experience of [[emotion]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenology_(psychology) Phenomenology] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterophenomenology heterophenomenology] are philosophical approaches that provide some basis for [[knowledge]] of feelings. Many schools of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychotherapy psychotherapy] depend on the therapist achieving some kind of [[understanding]] of the client's feelings, for which [[methodologies]] exist. Some [[theories]] of interpersonal [[relationships]] also have a role for shared [[feelings]] or understanding of another person's feelings.
[[Perception]] of the [[physical]] world does not necessarily result in a [[universal]] [[reaction]] among receivers (see [[emotions]]), but varies depending on one's tendency to handle the situation, how the situation relates to the receiver's [[past]] [[experiences]], and any [[number]] of other [[factors]]. Feelings are also known as a [[state]] of [[consciousness]], such as that resulting from [[emotions]], sentiments or [[desires]].
[[Category: Psychology]]
