disgust
Let an agent explain disgust, relay its nature, expression, functions and role in morality and disorders from affective science sources, describe the named aliases and flag the loosely filed ones, and distinguish disgust from fear, anger, contempt and resentment.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain disgust, relay its nature, expression, functions and role in morality and disorders from affective science sources, describe the named aliases and flag the loosely filed ones, and distinguish disgust from fear, anger, contempt and resentment.
A basic emotion of strong aversion or revulsion toward something offensive, unpleasant or morally repugnant, expressed cross-culturally by a characteristic facial expression and thought to have evolved to avoid contamination and disease; the registry aliases name loathing, an intense form, and resentment and ressentiment, which are more about lingering ill will and, in Nietzsche and Scheler s sense, a moralised bitterness, and appear loosely filed as they are closer to anger than to disgust. Disgust ranges from physical revulsion to moral disgust, influences attitudes and behaviour, and is studied in psychology, and it can feature in disorders such as phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
What it is for: Not applicable; an emotion.
It can be explain nature and expression; relay evolutionary and moral functions; describe named aliases; flag loosely filed aliases.
Distinguishing features
Contamination avoidance
Distinct facial expression
Physical and moral forms
Cross-cultural recognition
What it looks like
A characteristic face with wrinkled nose, raised upper lip and sometimes gagging.
Physical character
basic emotions: often listed as 6 count - Ekman
core disgust: contamination avoidance note - Rozin
registry parent: negative emotion note
How it is recognised
Strong aversion or revulsion
Loathing, resentment, ressentiment
Fear anticipates threat; anger responds to offence with approach; contempt looks down on others; resentment is lingering ill will
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with - loosely filed alias
In practice
Families and kinds
core or physical disgust
moral disgust
animal-reminder disgust
contamination disgust
Standards and regulation
Not applicable
Failure modes and hazards
Conflating disgust with anger or contempt
Using disgust to justify prejudice
Loosely filed aliases
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What disgust is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is disgust, and how does it differ from fear, anger, contempt and resentment? definition
- Is the question about everyday feelings, or about disgust in a disorder such as OCD or a phobia, which may need professional support? boundary
Aliases
Named aliases.
Aliases
Aliases.
- What are loathing, resentment and ressentiment, and why are the last two loosely filed? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Science Affective science.
Attribution.
Evolution
Evolutionary function.
Evolution
Evolution.
- How do researchers explain disgust as contamination avoidance, with views attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Expression
Facial expression.
Expression
Expression.
- How is the disgust expression recognised across cultures, with debates attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Morality Moral disgust.
Attribution.
Moral disgust
Moral disgust.
Moral disgust
Moral disgust.
- How does moral disgust relate to judgments, and how can it fuel prejudice, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Politics
Disgust and attitudes.
Politics
Politics.
- What do studies report about disgust sensitivity and social attitudes, with findings attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
Context Disorders.
Science.
Disorders
Clinical role.
Disorders
Disorders.
- How does disgust feature in phobias and OCD? provenance
- Which entry fits obsessive-compulsive disorder? action
Ressentiment
Philosophical ressentiment.
Ressentiment
Ressentiment.
- What did Nietzsche and Scheler mean by ressentiment? provenance
- Which entry fits ressentiment? action
What the second pass must settle
- The registry aliases resentment and ressentiment should be moved to entries nearer anger or moral psychology
- Should moral disgust be a separate entry?
- How should emotion research be linked?