interest
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emotion that focuses attention on something
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- Instance of
- emotion
- Subclass of
- emotion
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- Interest (emotion)
- opposite of
- indifference
- facet of
- attention
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Encyclopedic overview
Facial expression of intense interest (emotion), which includes jaws being dropped, tongue being stuck upward and outward, and pupils being dilated
Interest is a feeling or emotion that causes attention to focus on an object, event, or process. In contemporary psychology of interest, the term is used as a general concept that may encompass other more specific psychological terms, such as curiosity and to a much lesser degree surprise.
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