STIMULATE  感動感

CAUSE to REACT.
ENCOURAGEACT AS A STIMULUS/INCENTIVE/IMPETUS/SPUR TOPROMPTPRODMOVEMOTIVATETRIGGERSPARKSPUR ONGALVANIZEACTIVATEKINDLEFIREFIRE WITH ENTHUSIASMFUELWHETNOURISHINSPIREINCENTIVIZEINSPIRITROUSEEXCITEANIMATEELECTRIFYJUMP-STARTLIGHT A FIRE UNDER
Hypernym
  • REACTCHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something.
    • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
      • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME.
        • REALITYEXIST and NOT ONLY BE IMAGINED....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond").

2. Jī 激 refers to prodding something or someone into action.

3. Dòng 動 refers to bringing about action or movement in someone or something.

4. Kāng kǎi 慷慨 is marginal in this group and refers to a tendency to be moved into actions and feelings by other things.

Modern Chinese Criteria
感動

激發

打動

激

激動

動容

感觸

棖觸

刺激

激勵

使興奮

使有生气

百感叢生

勖 (lit, obs) refers to encouraging or prompting something, and the word is marginal in the series.

感

觸

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

動  dòng OC: dooŋʔ MC: duŋ 11 AttributionsWD

Dòng 動 refers to bringing about action or movement in someone or something.

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 感/STIMULATE The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond").
  • Contrast: 興/MOBILISE Xīng 興 refers to a large scale mobilisation of an armed force which may or may not be used in military action.
  • Contrast: 鼓/ENCOURAGE
  • Assoc: 撼/MOVE
  • Assoc: 感/STIMULATE The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond").

    Syntactic words
  • vibe stimulated
  • vtoNmove; stimulate; have an impact on
  • vtoNpassive, middle voicebe touched, be psychologically affected
感  gǎn OC: koomʔ MC: kəm 11 AttributionsWD

The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond").

    Syntactic words
  • vibe affected, be (cosmologically) moved or stimulated into action, can be positive and negative
  • vtoNaffect psychologically, move; of things and humans
  • vtoNpassivebe stimulated by
  • vtoNpassivebe stimulated by, be affected by; allow oneself to be moved by
激  jī OC: kleeɡ MC: kek 2 AttributionsWD

Jī 激 refers to prodding something or someone into action.

    Word relations
  • Assoc: 勸/ENCOURAGE The dominant current word is quàn 勸 (ant. jǔ 沮 "try to stop") which refers to all kinds of encouragement, both from inferiors and from superiors.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNstimulate, move
  • vtoNpassivebe stimulated by
觸  chù OC: thjoɡ MC: tɕhi̯ok 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNpassivebe stimulated into action 觸其情 "be stimulated into action by instincts"
起  qǐ OC: khɯʔ MC: khɨ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoN
  • vtoNstimulate and inspireCH
奮  fèn MC: pjunH OC: pɯnsLZ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vichangebecome aroused, agitatedLZ
慷慨  kǎng kài OC: khlaaŋʔ khɯɯds MC: khɑŋ khɑi 0 AttributionsWD

Kāng kǎi 慷慨 is marginal in this group and refers to a tendency to be moved into actions and feelings by other things.

    Syntactic words
  • VPistativebe fervent, be intensely moved

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