Cer (Noun)
Meaning
An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The child's fear of spiders was a cer that had been instilled by her mother's phobia.
- After years of watching horror movies, the cer of unease he felt whenever he walked alone at night had become second nature.
- The smell of smoke immediately triggered the cer of panic that she had developed after her house fire.
- Every time she saw a photo of her ex-boyfriend, she felt a strong cer of sadness and regret.
- He had learned to associate the sound of his alarm clock with the cer of anxiety about going to work.