Synonyms for emotive
| 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
- 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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