tunneperäisen

Tunneperäinen is a Finnish adjective meaning emotional or emotion-based, used to describe things that are influenced by feelings rather than by facts, logic, or objective analysis. It is commonly employed in psychology, sociology, marketing, and everyday discourse to contrast subjective emotional factors with more rational or analytical explanations. The term can refer to motives, decisions, reactions, or explanations that arise from feelings.

The word is formed from tunne (feeling, emotion) and the derivational suffix -peräinen, which indicates origin or basis. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, and tunneperäinen has inflected forms such as tunneperäisen (genitive singular), tunneperäistä (partitive singular), tunneperäisiä (nominative plural), and tunneperäisten (genitive plural). For example: Tunneperäiset syyt voivat vaikuttaa päätöksiin. The decision-making described as tunneperäisen reaktion tai tunteiden ohjaama.

Usage notes: Tunneperäinen often carries a nuanced sense that emphasizes subjective or affective factors. It can be neutral when simply describing the influence of emotions, but it may also imply a critical view when contrasting with rational or evidence-based reasoning. Related terms include emotionaalinen (emotional, broader in scope) and afektiivinen (affective, technical in some contexts).

In Finnish writing, tunneperäisiä ilmiöitä or tunteperäisistä tekijöistä are common collocations to discuss phenomena or drivers rooted in feelings. The form tunneperäisen primarily appears when the adjective is used with a noun in genitive case, for example tunneperisen vaikutuksen.