alt=painting of a man staring at an awe-inspiring mountain landscape|thumb|262px|Destruction of Tyre by John Martin (painter)|John Martin (1840)
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- Definitions
- Etymology
- Theories
- Evolutionary theories
- Awe reinforces social hierarchies
- Awe is a sexually-selected characteristic
- Awe increases systematic processing
- Non-evolutionary theories
- Sundararajan's awe
- Research
- Precipitants
- Awe and mental health
- Emotional experience
- Physical displays
- Personality and awe
- Social consequences of awe
- Historical and cross-cultural studies of awe
- Awe and aweism
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
alt=painting of a man staring at an awe-inspiring mountain landscape|thumb|262px|Destruction of Tyre by John Martin (painter)|John Martin (1840)
Awe is an emotion comparable to wonder but less joyous. On Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotions awe is modeled as a combination of surprise and fear.
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