emotionalist

[ ih-moh-shuh-nl-ist ]

/ ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl ɪst /

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noun

a person who appeals to the emotions, especially unduly.

a person easily affected by emotion.

a person who bases conduct, or the theory of conduct, upon feelings rather than reason: a romantic emotionalist.

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Origin of emotionalist

First recorded in 1865–70; emotional + -ist

e·mo·tion·al·is·tic, adjective

To the true idealist—as distinct from the mere emotionalist with sthetic tastes—selfishness is an impossible prison.
Italy, the Magic Land|Lilian Whiting
How amazingly she had altered, in all these weeks, from the one ideaed, feverish little emotionalist she'd been in the autumn!
The Disturbing Charm|Berta Ruck
The emotionalist, too, is no longer on safe ground in protesting his miracles of conversion.
Painted Windows|Harold Begbie
But all history shows that the emotionalist cannot compete with the materialist upon his own ground.
The Law of Civilization and Decay|Brooks Adams

Sir Christopher was not a reformer or a sociologist, nor even an emotionalist either.
A Young Man's Year|Anthony Hope