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emotionalist

noun emo·tion·al·ist \ i-ˈmō-shnə-list , -shə-nə-list \

Definition of emotionalist

1 : one who bases a theory or policy on an emotional conviction
2 : one prone to emotionalism
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emotionalistic

play \i-ˌmō-shnə-ˈli-stik, -shə-nə-ˈli-\ adjective

First Known Use of emotionalist

1865

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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