emotionalist
Americannoun
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a person who appeals to the emotions, especially unduly.
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a person easily affected by emotion.
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a person who bases conduct, or the theory of conduct, upon feelings rather than reason.
a romantic emotionalist.
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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
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After the squabble had been going on for some time, in walked another great emotionalist, David Lloyd George.
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Mr. Vanzetti, an outspoken emotionalist, was the acknowledged orator of the pair.
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It works on no method whatever; it is a pure emotionalist.
From Clocks by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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