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emotively
[
ih-
moh
-tiv
]
Origin
e·mo·tive
/
ɪˈmoʊ
tɪv
/
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[
ih-
moh
-tiv
]
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adjective
1.
characterized by or pertaining to
emotion
:
the emotive and rational capacities of humankind.
2.
productive of or directed toward the
emotions
:
Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form.
Origin:
1725–35;
emot(ion)
+
-ive
Related forms
e·mo·tive·ly,
adverb
e·mo·tive·ness,
e·mo·tiv·i·ty
/
ˌi
moʊˈtɪv
ɪ
ti
,
ɪ
moʊ-
/
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[
ee-moh-
tiv
-i-tee
,
ih-moh-
]
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,
noun
hy·per·e·mo·tive,
adjective
hy·per·e·mo·tive·ly,
adverb
hy·per·e·mo·tive·ness,
noun
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hy·per·e·mo·tiv·i·ty,
noun
non·e·mo·tive,
adjective
non·e·mo·tive·ly,
adverb
non·e·mo·tive·ness,
noun
un·e·mo·tive,
adjective
un·e·mo·tive·ly,
adverb
un·e·mo·tive·ness,
noun
COLLAPSE
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World English Dictionary
emotive
(ɪˈməʊtɪv)
—
adj
1.
tending or designed to arouse emotion
2.
of or characterized by emotion
usage
Emotional
is preferred to
emotive
when describing a display of emotion:
he was given an emotional
(not
emotive
)
welcome
e'motively
—
adv
e'motiveness
—
n
emo'tivity
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
emotive
1735, "causing movement," from L. emot-, pp. stem of emovere (see
emotion
) +
-ive
. Meaning "capable of emotion" is from 1881; that of "evoking emotions" is from 1923, originally in literary criticism.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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