emotive — emotional, emotive Emotional and emotive both mean ‘connected with or appealing to the emotions’, but emotional is the word more often used in the neutral sense ‘relating to emotions’ whereas emotive has a stronger sense of ‘causing emotion’: •… … Modern English usage
emotional — emotional, emotive Emotional and emotive both mean ‘connected with or appealing to the emotions’, but emotional is the word more often used in the neutral sense ‘relating to emotions’ whereas emotive has a stronger sense of ‘causing emotion’: •… … Modern English usage
Emotive (sociology) — “Emotional expressions”, also called “emotives” are an effort by the speaker to offer an interpretation of something that is observable to no other actor (Reddy 1997). If emotions are feelings, emotives are the expressions of those feelings… … Wikipedia
Emotional dysregulation — Emotional dysregulation, in contrast to Emotional self regulation, is a term used in the mental health community to refer to an emotional response that is poorly modulated and does not fall within the conventionally accepted range of emotive… … Wikipedia
emotional — [adj] demonstrative about feelings affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, emotive, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, falling apart*, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hot blooded*, hysterical … New thesaurus
emotive — [ɪ məʊtɪv] adjective arousing intense feeling: animal experimentation is an emotive subject. Derivatives emotively adverb emotiveness noun emotivity ˌi:məʊ tɪvɪti noun Usage The words emotive and … English new terms dictionary
emotional — e|mo|tion|al W3S3 [ıˈməuʃənəl US ıˈmou ] adj 1.) [only before noun] relating to your feelings or how you control them ▪ She provided emotional support at a very distressing time for me. ▪ Ann suffered from depression and a number of other… … Dictionary of contemporary English
emotional — [[t]ɪmo͟ʊʃən(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Emotional means concerned with emotions and feelings. I needed this man s love, and the emotional support he was giving me... Victims are left with emotional problems that can last for life. Syn:… … English dictionary
emotional — adjective 1) an emotional young man Syn: passionate, hot blooded, ardent, fervent, excitable, temperamental, melodramatic, tempestuous; demonstrative, responsive, tender, loving, feeling, sentimental, sensitive Ant … Thesaurus of popular words
emotive meaning — The emotive meaning of a term is the attitude or other emotional state that is conventionally taken to be expressed by a straightforward use of it. Thus a derogatory term conventionally expresses some kind of contempt or hostility to some class… … Philosophy dictionary
emotive — e|mo|tive [ıˈməutıv US ıˈmou ] adj making people have strong feelings = ↑emotional emotive issue/subject/word etc ▪ Child abuse is an emotive subject. >emotively adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
