English to German Meaning of emotive - emotional

Emotive :

emotional

adjective

treibend, matschig, emotional, pathologisch, leidenschaftlich, turbulent

Emotive :: emotionalEmotively :: pathetisch

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Definitions of emotive in English

Adjective(1) characterized by emotion

Examples of emotive in English

(1) The presence of women in the armed services is an emotive subject.(2) I knew how emotive and personal a subject it was and, therefore, my goal has been to question not to judge.(3) Urgent, thorough debate is needed on this very emotive subject, but the right people must be involved in that debate.(4) Note how the arguments for a monarchy are couched in emotive rather than rational terms.(5) When a subject becomes as emotive as this one, then people will believe what they want to believe.(6) This emotive subject was close to the hearts of many councils and generated a lot of comment.(7) The result is also meaningless as an emotive response to a complex problem.(8) I think I would be too emotional; I couldn't make an objective decision on such an emotive subject.(9) Tabloid newspapers also favour emotive words over objective descriptions of events.(10) The Great Famine affected all aspects of Irish life and remains one of the most emotive issues in modern Irish historiography.(11) In fact, words are often chosen as much for their emotive as their cognitive force.(12) At the end of the day, it is entirely up to you whether you buy or rent your home, and this is often an emotive rather than rational decision.(13) The media's exploitation of emotive issues to boost circulation and to win rating battles is par for the course.(14) I guess my cynical nature is rearing its head here, because it looks to me like your position is emotive rather than reasoned.(15) Though her subject matter is emotional, her voice remains neither emotive nor nostalgic.(16) All I am saying to you is that all the rather emotive matters you are talking about can be dealt with in these other grounds.

Related Phrases of emotive

(1) emotive ::

emotional

Related Phrases of emotive

(1) emotive ::

emotional

Synonyms

Adjective

1. controversial ::

umstritten

2. contentious ::

strittig

3. inflammatory ::

entzündliche

4. sensitive ::

empfindlich

5. delicate ::

zart

6. difficult ::

schwer

7. problematic ::

problematisch

8. touchy ::

empfindlich

9. awkward ::

peinlich

10. prickly ::

stachelig

11. ticklish ::

kitzlig

Different Forms

emotive, emotively

English to German Dictionary: emotive

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