emocí

Emocí is the genitive plural form of the Czech noun emoce, which refers to emotions. In ordinary speech and in psychological or philosophical discussion, emoce denotes the broad spectrum of affective states that arise in response to stimuli, experiences, or thoughts. The form emocí appears in contexts requiring the genitive case, such as after certain quantifiers or prepositions, for example mnoho emocí (many emotions) or bez emocí (without emotions).

In Czech, emoce encompasses a range of affective experiences that include both positive and negative states, such as joy, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust. Emotions are typically characterized as relatively brief, intense responses that involve subjective feelings, cognitive evaluation, expressive behavior, and physiological changes. They are often contrasted with moods, which tend to be longer-lasting, and with feelings, which refer more directly to conscious experiences of emotional states.

Etymologically, emoce is borrowed from Western European languages, tracing ultimately to the Latin emotio through French emotion and related European terms. The term entered Czech through linguistic and scientific discourse in the modern period and has since become a standard element of everyday language as well as academic writing on psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy.

See also: emotion, affect, psychology, feelings, mood.