The Emergence Machine

Glad

property · emotion · Level 11 · E9

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Emergence definition

As a form of joy, gladness arises from the activation of the sensory ability to detect and respond to positive stimuli, which in turn gives rise to a mental state of well-being, thus linking gladness to the fundamental aspects of human perception and cognition as an emotion.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
glad
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L2L1L0GladJoyHappyResponseEmotionStimulus… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesGladL11EmotionL8JoyL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • glad English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Gladness is an emotional state
  • Joy L10 (requires)
    Gladness is a form of joy