emotive
emotive Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling, passion, or controversy.
"The proposed closure of the local hospital proved to be a highly emotive issue for the community."
Relating to, characterized by, or openly expressing human emotion rather than purely factual or logical thought.
"The speaker used emotive language to appeal directly to the audience's sympathy."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Emotive" is often distinguished from "emotional": while "emotional" generally describes a person experiencing or displaying strong feelings, "emotive" typically describes an issue, topic, or style of language that arouses intense feelings in others.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 18th century from French émotif, derived from the Latin past participle stem emot- (from emovere, meaning "to move out" or "to stir up") combined with the adjective suffix -ive.