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- Dictionaryemotive/ɪˈməʊtɪv/
adjective
- 1. arousing or able to arouse intense feeling: "animal experimentation is an emotive subject"
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The meaning of EMOTIVE is of or relating to the emotions. How to use emotive in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ɪˈməʊ.tɪv / us / ɪˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv / Add to word list. causing strong feelings: emotive issue Animal experimentation is a highly emotive issue. Compare. affective specialized. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Inspiring feelings in others. amuse. arousal. arouse someone's curiosity. fill. freak. inspirationally. inspirer.
Emotive definition: characterized by or pertaining to emotion. See examples of EMOTIVE used in a sentence.
Emotive is used with regard to something that makes you have intense feelings rather than just having intense feelings. For example, an emotive conversation will result in getting people's emotions riled up, while an emotional conversation is one in which people go into it with a lot of intense feelings already.
2 meanings: 1. tending or designed to arouse emotion 2. of or characterized by emotion.... Click for more definitions.
adjective. us / ɪˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv / uk / ɪˈməʊ.tɪv / Add to word list. causing strong feelings: emotive issue Animal experimentation is a highly emotive issue. Compare. affective specialized. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Inspiring feelings in others. amuse. arousal. arouse someone's curiosity. fill. freak. inspirationally. inspirer.
Definition of emotive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
