Definition of emotive
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Recent Examples of emotive from the Web
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Yes, tango, the emotive dance made famous by hotblooded Argentines and being taught once a month this summer at Maryhill.
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The calls of great apes are typically emotive, like screaming in pain, whining in hunger, or hooting in happiness.
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The problem for the Trump administration is that its arguments about immigration are built on emotive appeals to nativism — and flimsy analysis of the data.
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Sansa is overcome, embracing him and sitting with him in the godswood, and Bran is, uh, less emotive.
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Bradley became the club's mascot and struck up a close friendship with former Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe, who penned his own emotive tribute to the child in a Twitter post.
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Humpback whales are skilled acrobats, emotive singers and the most ambitious migrators of all mammals.
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On elastic, emotive guitar is the ubercool John Scofield, and John Medeski contributes funkified organ and piano.
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Both are stories of young women, failed by mainstream society, seeking their place on the fringes, though while Arnold takes an intuitively emotive approach, Amirpour’s is far more schematic.)
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First Known Use of emotive
1830
EMOTIVE Defined for English Language Learners
emotive
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adjective
Definition of emotive for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to emotions
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: causing strong emotions for or against something
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