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  2. List of manias - Wikipedia

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    Aboulomania – indecisiveness (aboulo- (Greek) meaning irresolution or indecision); Andromania – human sexual behaviour and desire towards males in females (andro- (Greek) meaning man, men, male or masculine) Can be replaced by hypersexuality, nymphomania, cytheromania, hysteromania or aphrodisiomania.

  3. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    The moving rows: Suppose two rows are moving past a stationary row in opposite directions. If a member of a moving row moves past a member of the stationary row in an indivisible instant of time, they move past two members of the row that is moving in the other direction in this instant of time.

  4. List of amusement rides - Wikipedia

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    Name(s) Image Type Notes 1954 Ali Baba: Pendulum ride: The Ali Baba is a type of amusement ride consisting of a stationary horizontal gondola with a 360 degree swinging pendulum. 1961 Alpine slide: A summer toboggan is an amusement or recreational ride which uses a bobsled-like sled or cart to run down a track usually built on the side of a hill.

  5. Three Stages of Amazement - Wikipedia

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    Three Stages of Amazement was called “furiously compelling” by Janet Maslin at the New York Times, [1] “superbly crafted, skillfully plotted” by The Washington Post, [2] and “generous and graceful and true” by O Magazine. [3]

  6. Amazement - Wikipedia

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    Start the Amazement article, using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary. wiktionary:Special:Search/amazement From a cross-project redirect : This is a soft redirect that is used as a connection to other Wikimedia projects.

  7. Emotion classification - Wikipedia

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    Opposite emotions = four petals apart = Anticipation ∉ Surprise. There are also triads, emotions formed from 3 primary emotions, though Plutchik never describes in any detail what the triads might be. [58] This leads to a combination of 24 dyads and 32 triads, making 56 emotions at 1 intensity level. [59]

  8. Awe - Wikipedia

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    Awe is difficult to define, and the meaning of the word has changed over time. Related concepts are wonder, admiration, elevation, and the sublime.. In Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion, neuropsychologist and positive psychology guru Paul Pearsall presents a phenomenological study of awe.

  9. Jamais vu - Wikipedia

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    A study by Chris Moulin of Leeds University asked 92 volunteers to write out "door" 30 times in 60 seconds. In July 2006, at the 4th International Conference on Memory in Sydney, he reported that 68 percent of volunteers showed symptoms of jamais vu, such as beginning to doubt that "door" was a real word.