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)

  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

Translations

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

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