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Emotivity

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e·mo·tive  (-mtv)
adj.
1. Of or relating to emotion: the emotive aspect of symbols.
2. Characterized by, expressing, or exciting emotion: an emotive trial lawyer; the emotive issue of gun control.
e·motive·ly adv.
e·motive·ness, emo·tivi·ty (m-tv-t) n.
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Its center rests in the sensuality of the black woman; the self abandonment of love is part of the rhythm and emotivity, in the rhythmic beat in jazz, and in the swaying flamboyance of the Negro vision.
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What makes David's canvases seductive is their latent (rather than blatant) emotivity.
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