Monday, 29 December 2025

Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions

On the fifth day of Antonym Christmas, the Internet gave to me:
Big feeling wheel!




Rather than alt-texting this complex diagram, I'll encourage you to click on the caption and read the webpage it came from.
Read more about this diagram here.


Goodness, it took me a long time to find a version of this diagram online that spelled ecstasy correctly.

Anyhow, I like thinking about the oppositions here: trust is the opposite of disgust;  annoyance is the opposite of apprehension; serenity is the opposite of pensiveness. Love is the opposite of remorse.

 

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