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Plutchik’s wheel of emotions

A wheel-like diagram of emotions visualizing eight basic emotions: Joy, Trust, Fear, Surprise, Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Anticipation. The wheel combines the ideas of circles representing emotions and a color wheel. Similar emotions in the wheel are adjacent. The wheel was inspired by "Plutchik's Ten Postulates", a list of theorems which include some of the emotions listed below. The wheel is one of the most influential emotional theories today, although it has been frequently criticized for its lack of a longer list of emotions. Plutchik also theorized twenty-four "Primary", "Secondary", and "Tertiary" dyads (a feeling composed of two emotions). Due to the nature of the wheel, the emotions are arranged in pairs according to behavioral and evolutionary mechanisms. The ways the emotions can be paired up are listed here:

• Primary dyad = one petal apart = Love = Joy + Trust
• Secondary dyad = two petals apart = Envy = Sadness + Anger
• Tertiary dyad = three petals apart = Shame = Fear + Disgust
• Opposite emotions = four petals apart = Anticipation ≠ Surprise

Emotions also come in a variety of intensities, for example, Distraction is a mild form of Surprise, and Rage is an intense form of Anger. Weaker emotions lay among the outer circles and stronger emotions bloom in the middle. The kinds of relation between each pair of emotions follow below:

Mild emotion	Mild opposite	Basic emotion	Basic opposite	Intense emotion	Intense opposite
Serenity	Pensiveness	Joy	Sadness	Ecstasy	Grief
Acceptance	Boredom	Trust	Disgust	Admiration	Loathing
Apprehension	Annoyance	Fear	Anger	Terror	Rage
Distraction	Interest	Surprise	Anticipation	Amazement	Vigilance

Dyads (Combinations)

Human feelings	Emotions	Opposite feelings	Emotions
Optimism	Anticipation + Joy	Disapproval	Surprise + Sadness
Hope	Anticipation + Trust	Unbelief	Surprise + Disgust
Anxiety	Anticipation + Fear	Outrage	Surprise + Anger
Love	Joy + Trust	Remorse	Sadness + Disgust
Guilt	Joy + Fear	Envy	Sadness + Anger
Delight	Joy + Surprise	Pessimism	Sadness + Anticipation
Submission	Trust + Fear	Contempt	Disgust + Anger
Curiosity	Trust + Surprise	Cynicism	Disgust + Anticipation
Sentimentality	Trust + Sadness	Morbidness	Disgust + Joy
Awe	Fear + Surprise	Aggressiveness	Anger + Anticipation
Despair	Fear + Sadness	Pride	Anger + Joy
Shame	Fear + Disgust	Dominance	Anger + Trust