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A feeling of eastern movement (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emotion

'a feeling' is the definition.
(I know that emotion is a type of feeling)

'eastern movement' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'movement' becomes 'motion' (synonyms).
'e'+'motion'='EMOTION'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "Feeling, say love or hate" , "Passion" , "Feeling such as joy, sorrow and fear" , "reaction" , "Strong feeling as of love or hate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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