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emotive

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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.
emotive [ɪˈməʊtɪv]
adj
1. tending or designed to arouse emotion
2. of or characterized by emotion
emotively  adv
emotiveness , emotivity n
Usage: Emotional is preferred to emotive when describing a display of emotion: he was given an emotional (not emotive) welcome
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.emotive - characterized by emotion
affectional, affective
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
emotive
adjective
1. sensitive, controversial, delicate, contentious, inflammatory, touchy, hot-button (informal) Embryo research is an emotive subject.
2. moving, touching, affecting, emotional, exciting, stirring, thrilling, sentimental, poignant, heart-rending, heart-warming, tear-jerking (informal) He made an emotive speech to his fans.
Translations
emotive [ɪˈməʊtɪv] ADJ → emotivo
emotive [ɪˈməʊtɪv] adj [issue, subject, question] → brûlant(e)
emotive language → registre m émotionnel
emotive power → capacité f d'émouvoir, capacité f de toucher
emotive
adj issue → emotional; language, word → emotional gefärbt
emotive [ɪˈməʊtɪv] adj → che fa presa sui sentimenti
emotive power → capacità di commuovere
emotive [ɪˈməʊtɪv] adj → che fa presa sui sentimenti
emotive power → capacità di commuovere


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It is in the slow, changed life that follows; in the time when sorrow has become stale, and has no longer an emotive intensity that counteracts its pain; in the time when day follows day in dull, unexpectant sameness, and trial is a dreary routine,--it is then that despair threatens; it is then that the peremptory hunger of the soul is felt, and eye and ear are strained after some unlearned secret of our existence, which shall give to endurance the nature of satisfaction.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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