• (UK)IPA^(key): /ɪˈməʊtɪv/
• (US, Canada)IPA^(key): /ɪˈmoʊtɪv/

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emotive (comparativemoreemotive,superlativemostemotive)

1. Of or relating toemotion.
2. Appealing to the emotions.
   • 1886,Thomas Hardy, chapter XIX, inThe Mayor of Casterbridge:

     He was the kind of man to whom some human object for pouring out his heart upon—were itemotive or were it choleric—was almost a necessity.

3. (grammar) Expressing an emotion.

emotive (pluralemotives)

1. (grammar) A word or construct that expresses an emotion.

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emotive

1. inflection ofemotiv:
   1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
   2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
   3. weaknominative all-gendersingular
   4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

emotive f pl

1. feminineplural ofemotivo

emotive f

1. plural ofemotiva

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