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emotively

[ih-moh-tiv] Origin

e·mo·tive

[ih-moh-tiv]
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

e·mo·tive·ly, adverb
e·mo·tive·ness, e·mo·tiv·i·ty [ee-moh-tiv-i-tee, ih-moh-] , 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
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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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

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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.
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