emotive
See also: émotive
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈməʊtɪv/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈmoʊtɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
emotive (comparative more emotive, superlative most emotive)
- Of or relating to emotion.
- 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.
- (grammar) Expressing an emotion.
Derived terms
Translations
of, or relating to emotion
appealing to one's emotions
Noun
emotive (plural emotives)
- (grammar) A word or construct that expresses an emotion.
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
emotive
- inflection of emotiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
emotive f pl
- feminine plural of emotivo
Noun
emotive f
- plural of emotiva