emotionalist
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e·mo·tion·al·ist
(ĭ-mō′shə-nə-lĭst)n.
1. One whose conduct, thought, or rhetoric is governed by emotion rather than reason, often as a matter of policy.
2. An excessively emotional person.
e·mo′tion·al·is′tic adj.
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e•mo•tion•al•ist
(ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl ɪst)n.
1. a person easily affected by emotion.
2. a person whose conduct or policies are based on feelings rather than reason.
[1865–70]
e•mo`tion•al•is′tic, adj.
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