arousal 1
noundomain: activity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the act of arousing
Examples
- 1.the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions
Hypernym
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
EnglishDerivationally related form
arouse 1
verb
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Hyponym
awakening 1
noun
the act of waking
excitation 3
noun
something that agitates and arouses
incitation 2
noun
an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
inflammation 3
noun
arousal to violent emotion
inspiration 5
noun
arousing to a particular emotion or action
