emotiveadj.
英 ɪ'məʊtɪv | 美 ɪ'motɪv
中文adj. 感情的;情绪的;表现感情的
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emotive (adj.)1735, "causing movement," from Latin emot-, past participle stem of emovere "to move out, move away" (see emotion) + -ive. Meaning "capable of emotion" is from 1881; that of "evoking emotions" is from 1923, originally in literary criticism. Related: Emotively; emotiveness.
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