The Emergence Machine

Frustration

abstract · Psychology · Level 10 · E8

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Emergence definition

A feeling of being upset or annoyed when an action fails to produce the desired change or result, stemming from the emotional response to being blocked from achieving a goal, which requires a sense of causality and the ability to perceive and respond to the outcome.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “frustration” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “frustration”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L5L2L1L0FrustrationAngryEmotionMindGoalPerception… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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thisprerequisitesFrustrationL10GoalL5AngryL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Goal L5 (requires) polysemous
    Feeling of being upset by inability to achieve something -- prerequisite: goal
  • Angry L9 (requires)
    Feeling of being upset by inability to achieve something -- prerequisite: angry