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 +[[Image:L'indifférent-1- (1717) is an oil on canvas (26x19cm) painted by Antoine Watteau.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[L'indifférent]]'' (1717) by [[Antoine Watteau]]]]
 +[[Image:Melodrama by Daumier.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''[[At the Theater (The Melodrama)]]'' (c. [[1860]]-[[1864|64]]) - [[Honoré Daumier]]]]
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- +'''Interest''' is a feeling or [[emotion]] that causes [[attention]] to focus on an object or an event or a process. In contemporary psychology of interest the term is used as a general concept that may encompass other more specific psychological terms, such as [[curiosity]] and to a much lesser degree [[surprise (emotion)|surprise]].
-:[[Acedia]][[Affection]][[Ambivalence]][[Anger]]• [[Angst]]• [[Annoyance]]• [[Anticipation (emotion)|Anticipation]]• [[Anxiety]]• [[Apathy]]• [[Awe]]• [[Boredom]]• [[Calmness]]• [[Compassion]]• [[Mental confusion|Confusion]]• [[Contempt]]• [[Contentment]]• [[Courage]]• [[Curiosity]][[Depression (mood)|Depression]]• [[Desire (emotion)|Desire]]• [[Disappointment]]• [[Disgust]]• [[Doubt]]• [[Ecstasy (emotion)|Ecstasy]][[Embarrassment]]• [[Empathy]]• [[Emptiness]]• [[Enthusiasm]]• [[Envy]]• [[Epiphany (feeling)|Epiphany]]• [[Euphoria]]• [[Fanaticism]]• [[Fear]]• [[Frustration]]• [[Gratification]]• [[Gratitude]]• [[Grief]]• [[Guilt]]• [[Happiness]]• [[Hatred]]• [[Homesickness]]• [[Hope]]• [[Hostility]]• [[Humiliation]]• [[Hysteria]]• [[Artistic inspiration|Inspiration]]• [[Interest (emotion)|Interest]]• [[Jealousy]]• [[Kindness]]• [[Limerence]]• [[Loneliness]]• [[Love]]• [[Lust]]• [[Melancholia]]• ''[[Mono no aware]]''• [[Nostalgia]]• [[Panic]]• [[Patience]]• [[Pity]]• [[Pride]]• [[Rage (emotion)|Rage]]• [[Regret (emotion)|Regret]]• [[Remorse]]• [[Repentance]]• [[Resentment]]• [[Righteous indignation]]• [[Sadness]]• ''[[Saudade]]''• ''[[Schadenfreude]]''• ''[[Sehnsucht]]''• [[Self-pity]]• [[Shame]]• [[Shyness]]• [[Suffering]]• [[Surprise (emotion)|Surprise]][[Suspicion (emotion)|Suspicion]]• [[Sympathy]]• [[Weltschmerz]]• [[Wonder (emotion)|Wonder]]• [[Worry]]+== See also ==
- +* [[Curiosity]]
-[[Meta-emotion]]+* [[Disinterestedness]], its antonym
 +* [[Ecstasy (emotion)]]
 +* [[Carroll Izard]]
 +* [[Surprise (emotion)|Surprise]]
 +* [[Attraction (emotion)]]
 +* [[Self-interest]]
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Interest is a feeling or emotion that causes attention to focus on an object or an event or a process. In contemporary psychology of interest the term is used as a general concept that may encompass other more specific psychological terms, such as curiosity and to a much lesser degree surprise.

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