afinn-165

Easy access to AFINN 165. AFINN 165 contains 3382 entries. That’s 905 more than AFINN 111.

Installation

npm:

npm install afinn-165

Usage

var afinn = require('afinn-165')
 
afinn.xoxo //=> 3
afinn.bankruptcy //=> -3

API

afinn165

afinn-165 returns entries to valence ratings (Object.<string, number>).

Note! Be careful when accessing unknown properties on the afinn165 object, words such as “constructor” or “toString” might occur. It’s recommended to use a hasOwnProperty check beforehand.

Musings

In total, 905 entries were added and two were changed. Compared to AFINN 111, the following changed:

• Many new words
• damn is now rated as -2 (was -4)
• exasperated, futile, irresponsible are now -2 (were 2)
• New entries with spaces: damn cute, damn good, kind of, fucking awesome, fucking beautiful, fucking cute, fucking fantastic, fucking good, fucking great, fucking hot, fucking love, fucking loves, fucking perfect
• New entries with hyphens: environment-friendly, game-changing, ill-fated, loving-kindness, non-approved, post-traumatic. self-abuse, self-contradictory, side-effect, side-effects, violence-related, well-being, well-championed, well-developed, well-established, well-focused, well-groomed, well-proportioned

Related

• afinn-96 — AFINN list from 2009, containing 1468 entries
• afinn-111 — AFINN list from 2011, containing 2477 entries
• emoji-emotion — Like AFINN, but for emoji
• polarity — Detect the polarity of text, based on afinn-169 and emoji-emotion

License

MIT © Titus Wormer