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
After the squabble had been going on for some time, in walked another great emotionalist, David Lloyd George.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
I have heard that there is a sannyasi in Bengal, an emotionalist, a disciple of Keshav Bh�rati and a fraud on the public.
From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi
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