emotive
pronunciation
How to pronounce emotive in British English:
UK [ɪˈməʊtɪv]
How to pronounce emotive in American English:
US [ɪˈmoʊtɪv]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by emotion
Word Origin
- emotive (adj.)
- 1735, "causing movement," from Latin emot-, past participle stem of emovere "to move out, move away" (see emotion) + -ive. Meaning "capable of emotion" is from 1881; that of "evoking emotions" is from 1923, originally in literary criticism. Related: Emotively; emotiveness.
Example
- 1. This song hear very emotive .
- 2. In post-fukushima japan , nuclear power would be a much more emotive issue .
- 3. Why is emotive result we are envisaged mostly in the center perfect ?
- 4. We use emotive language to express our own attitudes and feelings .
- 5. A ministry of justice spokesperson said : " assisted suicide is an emotive and contentious issue which would properly require detailed and careful scrutiny by parliament . "