Hypercognized Emotions

An emotion for which a society possess an elaborate cognitive structure. One indicator of hypercognition is that the society has large number of lexical entries (or words) for that emotion. For example, if a society possess multiple words to describe anger (rage, frustration, irritation, fury), then anger is a hypercognized emotion in that particular society.

Reference:
Levy, R. I. (1984). The emotions in comparative perspective. In Scherer, K.R. & Ekman, P. (Eds.). Approaches to emotion. New Jersey: Hillsdale. pp. 397-412.

Russell, J. A. (1991). Culture and the categorization of emotions. Psychological Bulletin, 110(3), 426-450. Doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.110.3.426v