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   E·mo·tive

   /əˈmōdiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. arousing or able to arouse intense feeling: "animal experimentation is an emotive subject"
   • ▪ expressing a person's feelings rather than being neutrally or objectively descriptive: "the comparisons are emotive rather than analytic"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: from Latin emot- ‘moved’, from the verb emovere (see emotion).

   Derivatives

   • 1. emotively adverb
   • 2. emotiveness noun
   • 3. emotivity noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • M

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   • O

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   • V

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   • E

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