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emotionalist

American  
[ih-moh-shuh-nl-ist] / ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nl ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who appeals to the emotions, especially unduly.

  2. a person easily affected by emotion.

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

    a romantic emotionalist.


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Etymology

Origin of emotionalist

First recorded in 1865–70; emotional + -ist

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The opposite of a stoic, he’s rap’s premier emotionalist, a quality that’s occasionally made him the object of ridicule but has also made him very, very rich.

From Slate May 29, 2018

Zita Johann, beauteous Austrian-born importation from Manhattan, is a convincing emotionalist, serious and big-eyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Vanzetti, an outspoken emotionalist, was the acknowledged orator of the pair.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the squabble had been going on for some time, in walked another great emotionalist, David Lloyd George.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is a stoic and a fatalist by nature, but an emotionalist as well.

From The Great White Tribe in Filipinia by Gilbert, Paul T. (Paul Thomas)

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