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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-moh-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ tɪv



Définition of emotive

Origin :
  • 1735, "causing movement," from Latin emot-, past participle stem of emovere (see emotion) + -ive. Meaning "capable of emotion" is from 1881; that of "evoking emotions" is from 1923, originally in literary criticism.
  • adj emotional
Example sentences :
  • Grimly they pursued the way, automaton-like, unresponsive now to horror or any emotive.
  • Extract from : « The Beginning » by Henry Hasse
  • Yet he has an emotive temperament—a glance at his sympathetic eyes will prove it.
  • Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
  • Employ the emotive tone to convey ideas of your truthfulness and honor.
  • Extract from : « Certain Success » by Norval A. Hawkins
  • Now my life was like a garden in the emotive torpor of spring; now my life was like a flower conscious of the light.
  • Extract from : « Confessions of a Young Man » by George Moore
  • It is an emotive manifestation that stirs one's whole nature and vitalizes every part of the body.
  • Extract from : « Vitality Supreme » by Bernarr Macfadden
  • He admits your figures to his conscious belief more readily than he would credit them if spoken in an emotive or power tone.
  • Extract from : « Certain Success » by Norval A. Hawkins
  • The emotive (chest or heart) pitch dissipates opposition as naturally as the mind tone provokes a quarrel.
  • Extract from : « Certain Success » by Norval A. Hawkins
  • Mental, emotive, and power characteristics are signified by various tone pitches.
  • Extract from : « Certain Success » by Norval A. Hawkins
  • If the thought behind the objection arises principally from feeling, it will nearly always be expressed in an emotive tone.
  • Extract from : « Certain Success » by Norval A. Hawkins
  • One can even excite oneself by a reflection or opinion of emotive value, without this emotion having been aroused by anybody else.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

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