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Not easy to find the meaning of "Brabant" and other words

In the Book of Human Emotions section, there are no definitions for the words. I had to go on a deep dive to discover that Brabant means wanting to push someone's buttons. It's not a very common term - much less common than Schadenfreude, I think, which also does not have a link and someone would have to search for it if they didn't know what it meant.

Should a short definition be added to each of the terms in that section and other sections?

4and3and2and1 (talk) 18:30, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

for further clarification, the link for Brabant, goes to its more common definitions, which are a plough and a region in Belgium. So maybe we should just remove the term, "Brabant"?

I had to use the search term "Brabant Tiffany Watt Book of Human Emotions" to discover what it meant. So it's pretty obscure - I wasn't able to find an online dictionary with the definition 4and3and2and1 (talk) 18:33, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I had the same concern. This section has a good few words that have little play as emotions outside of Tiffany Watt's book. The Hindi word "Man" is currently linking to the page for English "Man," but Watt defines it as "A visceral yearning backed up by the recognition that what we desire reflects our innermost self."

A section defining every word in the list would be a bulky one. This article defines the lot, and goes on for a while. Noah Morgan (talk) 18:14, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Unscientific content

"Emotional equations" by Chip Conley is based on his own observations and not scientific research. I will remove the section by the end of 2020 if no one proves me wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DominykasMrk (talk • contribs) 15:32, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted as of 09.01.2021 — Preceding unsigned comment added by DominykasMrk (talk • contribs) 17:55, 9 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Conflation with theories of the construction or evolution of emotions

I am concerned that this article, opening as it does with a section on theories of the origin/construction of emotions, conflates a discussion of their origin with one about their classification. In the last 20 years, a great deal of work has gone into the application of emotional studies. There have been two Nobel prizes in behavioural economics, there's a strong research group at the Queen Mary Centre for the History of Emotions ([1]https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/emotions/) and another at the University of Geneva-based Swiss Centre for Affective Studies ([2]https://www.unige.ch/cisa/). Much of this work revolves around classification rather than construction. My fear is that someone reading this article will be misled into an exploration of construction/origin when they have visited a page that should more appropriately lead them to these application studies. Ursus-deningeri2 (talk) 18:53, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]