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Meanings of emotive in English

Characterized by emotion.

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Usage of emotive in English
1
This is especially important given the emotive nature of what is involved.
The Irish Times
2
Polls using lists of emotive circumstances tend to distort results, it said.
The Irish Times
3
Such is the emotive allure of horses: powerful yet all too vulnerable.
The Irish Times
4
Employ the emotive tone to convey ideas of your truthfulness and honor.
Certain Success
5
The debate over who is the best has become almost tediously emotive.
The Guardian
6
Murray released a statement on Instagram, lamenting his plight in emotive terms.
The Guardian
7
It will be an especially emotive occasion for the former Munster player.
The Irish Times
8
The real emotive moment though came when Trump went after Biden's son.
Independent.ie
9
Michael Gove has bequeathed the nation several tricky, and highly emotive, legacies.
The Guardian
10
This uninformative dismissal was pitted against the emotive concerns of distressed parents.
Bad science
11
Beckmann's emotive range is limited to attitudes befitting his rather rigid persona.
The new yorker
12
The alliance between man and animal is unpredictable, romantic, emotive and irrational.
The Irish Times
13
An over-emotive Spiritualist medium, and the lone survivor of the 1940 debacle?
Hell House
14
The emotive pictures and emotive words were a horrible exercise in cynicism.
The Irish Times
15
However, in this complex and often emotive debate there is polarisation.
The Irish Times
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This time, in August 2012, it carried a special emotive power.
The Guardian
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Emotive across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Rare
United Kingdom
Rare