Sentence examples for Superficial emotion from inspiring English sources

As the critic John Mullan points out, by the end of the eighteenth century, according to the O.E.D., the word "sentimental" ("exhibiting refined and elevated feelings") had acquired a new meaning — "addicted to indulgence in superficial emotion" — bringing it closer to the meaning that it has for us today.

Because of these special relations, reality and history are memorized in the intellect of common people (or in the common sense of people), which seems closer to people's daily concern and superficial emotion towards benefits, hence it is more likely to be manipulated by politicians and certain interest groups for their realistic political benefits and other purposes.

The debasement by which the term sentimental came to denote a self-indulgence in superficial emotions occurred in the Victorian era, under the influence of sanctimony, religiosity, and a large commercial demand for bourgeois fiction.

Occasionally he reaches beyond the most superficial emotions.

Shallow or deficient affect does not express feelings or show emotions to others, except in ways that seem shallow or superficial (e.g., emotions are not consistent with actions; can turn emotions "on" or "off" quickly) or when they are used for gain (e.g., to manipulate or intimidate others).

Both amygdalae are subdivided into 3 subregions: the laterobasal (LB) amygdala mainly involved in determining the valence (positive or negative) and arousal (strength) of the observed emotion, the superficial (SF) amygdala mainly recruited in directing attention towards affective stimuli and finally the centromedial (CM) amygdala mainly involved in initiating behavioral responses [ 14- 19].

And so on the surface I was trying to be the cool lecturer listening, dealing with something at a relatively superficial level, while underneath my emotions were very, very negative.

Grant, at one point, muses that the passions of youth seem superficial when compared with the deeper, stranger emotions that blossom later in life, and Away From Her implicitly proves his point.

Without wisdom, our thoughts and emotions are triggered on a very superficial level.

At a superficial level, sexual jealousy is arguably one of the most counterproductive emotions we have evolved to experience.

Our relationships have become more superficial — those online can only see the surface of our ocean of emotions.