emotionalist

[ ih-moh-shuh-nl-ist ]

/ ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl ɪst /

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.

Words nearby emotionalist

First recorded in 1865–70; emotional + -ist

e·mo·tion·al·is·tic, adjective

He is a stoic and a fatalist by nature, but an emotionalist as well.
The Great White Tribe in Filipinia|Paul T. Gilbert
Sir Christopher was not a reformer or a sociologist, nor even an emotionalist either.
A Young Man's Year|Anthony Hope
But the business man is dependent upon the emotionalist and the sensualist, too, for the success of his designs.
Command|William McFee
But all history shows that the emotionalist cannot compete with the materialist upon his own ground.
The Law of Civilization and Decay|Brooks Adams

The emotionalist, too, is no longer on safe ground in protesting his miracles of conversion.
Painted Windows|Harold Begbie