emotive

See also: émotive

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈməʊtɪv/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˈmoʊtɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

emotive (comparative more emotive, superlative most emotive)

1. Of or relating to emotion.
2. Appealing to the emotions.
   • 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:

     He was the kind of man to whom some human object for pouring out his heart upon—were it emotive or were it choleric—was almost a necessity.

3. (grammar) Expressing an emotion.

Derived terms

• emotively
• emotiveness
• emotivism
• emotivist
• emotivity
• hyperemotive
• nonemotive
• overemotive
• unemotive

Translations

of, or relating to emotion

• Finnish: tunne-
• German: Gefühls- (de), emotiv (de) (jargon)
• Polish: emotywny (pl)
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
• Spanish: emotivo (es)

appealing to one's emotions

• Finnish: tunteita herättävä, tunteita kuohuttava
• Russian: эмоциона́льный (ru) (emocionálʹnyj)
• Spanish: emotivo (es)

Noun

emotive (plural emotives)

1. (grammar) A word or construct that expresses an emotion.

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

emotive

1. inflection of emotiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

emotive f pl

1. feminine plural of emotivo

Noun

emotive f

1. plural of emotiva

Anagrams

• mietevo