The Emergence Machine

Sadness

abstract · psychology · Level 10 · E8

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Emergence definition

Sadness emerges from the response to loss or disappointment, which is a dynamic pattern of movement and transformation that unfolds over time as a result of the interaction between the stimulus and the entity perceiving it, and the emotion that arises within the mind in response to stimuli or thoughts, as the mind emerges from experience and perception, and the body responds to what it senses and experiences.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
sadness
Origin language
eng

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0SadnessResponseEmotionStimulusMindSensory… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesHiraethL11Mono No AwareL11SorrowL11WeltschmerzL11DepressionL12SadnessL10EmotionL8ResponseL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Emotion L8 (requires)
    Sadness is loss emotion
  • Response L9 (requires)
    Sadness is an emotional response to loss or disappointment that reflects psychological processing of negative events.

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