MISEMOTIONAL

a coined word in Dianetics, often used loosely to refer to anything that is unpleasant emotion, such as antagonism, anger, fear, grief, apathy or a death feeling. The full meaning of misemotion is an emotion or emotional reaction that is inappropriate to the present time situation. It is taken from mis- (wrong) + emotion. To say that a person was misemotional would indicate that the person did not display the emotion called for by the actual circumstances of the situation. Being misemotional would b e synonymous with being irrational. One can fairly judge the rationality of any individual by the correctness of the emotion he displays in a given set of circumstances. To be joyful and happy when circumstances call for joy and happiness would be rational. To display grief without sufficient present time cause would be irrational. —HEV Approved Glossary

1. such a word would indicate that a person did not display the emotion called for by the actual circumstances of the situation. (SOS, p. 49)2. being misemotional is synonymous with being irrational. (SOS, p. 49)