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Definition of Emotive
1. Adjective. Characterized by emotion.
Definition of Emotive
1. a. Attended by, or having the character of, emotion.
Definition of Emotive
1. Adjective. of, or relating to emotion ¹
2. Adjective. appealing to one's emotions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Emotive
1. pertaining to emotion [adj] - See also: emotion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emotive
Literary usage of Emotive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"No one can give expression to his emotive nature without representing a blended
result of nerve and thought, of instinct and reflection. ..."
2. The Human Mind by James Sully (1892)
"Thus it is well known that all violent emotive agitation, as a shock of joy or
of grief, ... For the rest it may be said that all emotive excitement, ..."
3. A Text-book of psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener (1910)
"emotive Memory. — It is a familiar fact of our everyday experience, and it has
been confirmed by experiment, that the memory of past events is, ..."
4. Grammatical Synthesis: The Art of English Composition by Henry Noble Day (1870)
"AN emotive SENTENCE is one which expresses, instead of a judgment, a feeling or an
... An emotive sentence can be distinguished from a proper sentence which ..."
5. Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as Representative Arts; an Essay in by George Lansing Raymond (1895)
"... and Premeditated Expression—The Motive, emotive, or Moral Tendency to a ...
Covering Much Space, hence Long—If Very emotive, Varied and Angular—If Moral ..."
6. The Alternative: A Study in Psychology by Edmund R. Clay (1882)
"Strong emotive opinion that has for object one's own power or the power and good
... The latter comprehends the species, strong emotive opinion and strong ..."
7. The Alternative: A Study in Psychology by Edmund R. Clay (1882)
"Strong emotive opinion that has for object one's own power or the power and good
... The latter comprehends the species, strong emotive opinion and strong ..."
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