51³Ō¹Ļ

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emotive

[ih-moh-tiv]

adjective

  1. characterized by or pertaining to emotion.

    the emotive and rational capacities of humankind.

  2. productive of or directed toward the emotions.

    Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form.



emotive

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adjective

  1. tending or designed to arouse emotion

  2. of or characterized by emotion

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Usage

Emotional is preferred to emotive when describing a display of emotion: he was given an emotional (not emotive ) welcome
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • emotively adverb
  • emotiveness noun
  • emotivity noun
  • hyperemotive adjective
  • hyperemotively adverb
  • hyperemotiveness noun
  • hyperemotivity noun
  • nonemotive adjective
  • nonemotively adverb
  • nonemotiveness noun
  • unemotive adjective
  • unemotively adverb
  • unemotiveness noun
  • ±šĖˆ³¾“dzپ±±¹±š²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
  • ±šĖˆ³¾“dzپ±±¹±š±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of emotive1

First recorded in 1725–35; emot(ion) + -ive
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Example Sentences

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With land such an emotive issue, there is no easy solution to the dispute – and it is likely to continue to cause tensions within South Africa, as well as with the US president.

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"She had a great eye for an emotive cause," Mina said.

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Amid the row generated by the letters, such emotive displays appear to have rattled the authorities.

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Guardiola was booked for his emotive reaction but he felt wronged.

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"I'm not really here. Only half of me is standing here," said Omer Wenkert, another former hostage, in his emotive address.

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