visceral

心の底からの、強烈な

自分の奥深くから湧いてくるような、とても強い感情を伴うこと。

やさしい英語で： Involving very strong feelings that seem to come from deep inside you.

• She felt a visceral fear of the place.
• His visceral hatred of cruelty shaped his work.
• The film captures the visceral anger of people who have lost everything.

類義語： deep-seated, intense

よく使う表現： visceral fear, visceral hatred, visceral anger

本能的な、直感的な

じっくり考えるより、瞬間的な体の感覚や本能に基づいていること。

やさしい英語で： Based on an immediate physical feeling or instinct rather than careful thought.

• My response was visceral rather than logical.
• The loud explosion produced a visceral reaction in the audience.
• The music's visceral appeal was hard to explain in words.

類義語： instinctive, gut, intuitive

反対語： intellectual, rational

よく使う表現： visceral reaction, visceral response, visceral appeal

内臓の

胸や腹の中の臓器に関係するか、その内部や周囲にあること。

やさしい英語で： Connected with the organs inside the chest or belly, or located around or within them.

• Visceral fat surrounds organs inside the belly.
• The diagram shows the main visceral organs.
• Researchers examined samples of visceral tissue.

類義語： splanchnic

よく使う表現： visceral organs, visceral fat, visceral tissue

内臓性の

病気などが、胸や腹の中の臓器に影響を及ぼすこと。

やさしい英語で： Affecting the organs inside the chest or belly.

• The patient had a visceral infection.
• Visceral leishmaniasis can affect the liver and spleen.
• Doctors checked whether the disease had become visceral.

類義語： splanchnic

よく使う表現： visceral disease, visceral infection, visceral leishmaniasis