emotive
adjective
characterized by or pertaining to emotion.
emotiveness
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a word derived from
emotive.
Example Sentences
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Independent evaluators rated the stories on a scale of creativity widely used in psychology studies, taking into account the narrative’s originality, humor, and emotiveness.
From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2023
Harmonium and strings shepherd Seven Hundred Birds into beautifully fragile and exquisitely precise spaces, marrying the raw intensity of Low with the melodic emotiveness of Sigur Rós.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2012
Whereas wild animals like wolves will avert their eyes when spotted, dogs and cats readily return our gaze, and with an apparent emotiveness that stimulates the wistful narrative in our head.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2011
Powerful critics like Clement Greenberg branded realism as passé and even reactionary; Andy Warhol's gang approved of figuration, but not of emotiveness.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2011
The more exquisite quality of Deronda's nature—that keenly perceptive sympathetic emotiveness which ran along with his speculative tendency—was never more thoroughly tested.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
