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EMOTIONALISTIC

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e⋅mo⋅tion⋅al⋅ist

  [i-moh-shuh-nl-ist]
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–noun
1. a person who appeals to the emotions, esp. unduly.
2. a person easily affected by emotion.
3. a person who bases conduct, or the theory of conduct, upon feelings rather than reason: a romantic emotionalist.
Origin:
1865–70; emotional + -ist

Related forms:
e⋅mo⋅tion⋅al⋅is⋅tic, adjective
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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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