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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
Adjective
tending or designed to arouse emotion
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
adjective 2. moving, touching, affecting, emotional, exciting, stirring, thrilling, sentimental, poignant, heart-rending, heart-warming, tear-jerking (informal)
Translations
Spanish emotive [ɪˈməutɪv] adj → emotivo
French emotive [ɪˈməutɪv] adj → émotif/ive;
emotive power → capacité f d'émouvoir or de toucher
German emotive [ɪˈməutɪv] emotion adj → emotional
Italian emotive [ɪˈməutɪv] adj → emotivo/a;
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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