The Emergence Machine

Terrible

property · evaluation · Level 10 · E9

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Emergence definition

Terrible emerges as an extreme manifestation of bad, where the inherent quality of something is so pronounced that it triggers a significant fear response in an individual, indicating a severe deviation from the expected or desired standard, thereby activating survival mechanisms to ensure the person's well-being.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
terrible
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L3L2L1L0TerribleFearEmotionStimulusMindSensoryBadCellLive… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureValueChangeMatterQualityQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesTerribleL10BadL3FearL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Bad L3 (requires)
    Terrible means extremely bad
  • Fear L9 (requires)
    Terrible things cause fear