Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions

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Robert Plutchik created a wheel of emotions in 1980 which consisted of 8 basic emotions and 8 advanced emotions each composed of 2 basic ones.

The Plutchik Wheel
Basic emotion Basic opposite
Joy Sadness
Trust Disgust
Fear Anger
Surprise Anticipation
Sadness Joy
Disgust Trust
Anger Fear
Anticipation Surprise
Advanced emotion Composed of... Advanced opposite
Optimism Anticipation + Joy Disappointment
Love Joy + Trust Remorse
Submission Trust + Fear Contempt
Awe Fear + Surprise Aggressiveness
Disappointment Surprise + Sadness Optimism
Remorse Sadness + Disgust Love
Contempt Disgust + Anger Submission
Aggressiveness Anger + Anticipation Awe
Emotions
Adoration • Affection • Aggravation • Agitation • Agony • Alarm • Alienation • Amazement • Amusement • Anger • Anguish • Annoyance • Anxiety • Apprehension • Arousal • Attraction • Bitterness • Bliss • Caring • Cheerfulness • Compassion • Contempt • Contentment • Crosspatch • Defeat • Dejection • Delight • Depression • Desire • Despair • Disappointment • Disgust • Dislike • Dismay • Displeasure • Distress • Dread • Eagerness • Ecstasy • Elation • Embarrassment • Enjoyment • Enthrallment • Enthusiasm • Envy • Euphoria • Exasperation • Excitement • Exhilaration • Fear • Ferocity • Fondness • Fright • Frustration • Fury • Gaiety • Gladness • Glee • Gloom • Grief • Guilt • Happiness • Hatred • Homesickness • Hope • Hopelessness • Horror • Hostility • Humiliation • Hurt • Hysteria • Infatuation • Insecurity • Insult • Irritation • Isolation • Jealousy • Jolliness • Joy • Jubilation • Liking • Loathing • Loneliness • Longing • Love • Lust • Melancholy • Misery • Mortification • Neglect • Nervousness • Optimism • Outrage • Panic • Passion • Pessimism • Pity • Pleasure • Pride • Rage • Rapture • Regret • Seasonal affective disorder • Rejection • Relief • Remorse • Resentment • Revulsion • Sadness • Satisfaction • Scorn • Sentimentality • Shame • Shock • Sorrow • Spite (sentiment) • Suffering • Surprise • Sympathy • Tenderness • Tenseness • Terror • Thrill • Torment • Uneasiness • Unhappiness • Vengefulness • Woe • Worry • Wrath • Zeal • Zest
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