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  • noun Plural form of feeling.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)

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Examples

  • What we do not realize in this stage is that these feelings are often associated with earlier childhood-or relationship-hurts we felt with loved ones and we are face to face with the decisions we made at that time to repress and deny our deepest feelings-~ because there was seemingly no-one there for us.

    The Seven Stages Of Love / Few Get Beyond Stage Six 2009

  • What we do not realize in this stage is that these feelings are often associated with earlier childhood hurts we felt with loved ones and we are face to face with the decisions we made at that time to repress and deny our deepest feelings~ because there was seemingly no-one there for us.

    THE SEVEN STAGES OF LOVE 2008

  • But that was just it: his example made Christophe understand that the worst falsity in German art came into it not when the artists tried to express something which they had not felt, but rather when they tried to express the feelings which they did in fact feel -- _feelings which were false_.

    Jean-Christophe, Volume I Romain Rolland 1905

  • _interested_ feelings, between _objective _feelings and the others that are not _objective_ but simply _subjective_, between feelings of

    Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Benedetto Croce 1909

  • The best way to help your child build her social skills and boost her self-regulation which she ultimately needs to manage her own behavior is to stay engaged with her, help her label her feelings, and offer suggestions before crisis hits.

    Time-Out For Kids: How To Make Them Effective Tools For Parenting The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • There are some girls who ruminate a lot on their feelings is actually one of the big risk factors for depression.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • There are some girls who ruminate a lot on their feelings is actually one of the big risk factors for depression.

    Interview: Lise Eliot, Ph.D. Author of Pink Brain, Blue Brain 2009

  • But to really get under the skin of a man if you're a woman or vice versa, to look at the world through their eyes and feel with their feelings is astonishingly hard.

    Amanda Craig discusses In A Dark Wood and describes the challenges of writing from a man's point of view 2010

  • The best way to help your child build her social skills and boost her self-regulation which she ultimately needs to manage her own behavior is to stay engaged with her, help her label her feelings, and offer suggestions before crisis hits.

    Time-Out For Kids: How To Make Them Effective Tools For Parenting The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • The candidate who comes closest to validating your feelings is the person you vote for.

    Scripting News for 1/5/2008 « Scripting News Annex 2008

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