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emotive

[ US /ˈiˌmoʊtɪv, ɪˈmoʊtɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɪmˈə‍ʊtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. characterized by emotion

How To Use emotive In A Sentence

  • Composition, balance, the skill of the draughtmanship, the function of the work and its emotive power are all integral.
  • The rest of us have an emotive connection to an act we perceive as wrong - usually guilt but occasionally anger or upset.
  • Capital punishment is a highly emotive issue.
  • And it's so emotive, which isn't much helped by Richard Dawkins rather inflaming the issue to promote atheism. News from the House of Sticks -
  • About once every decade, an animated-film director manages to create a work that finds the perfect blend of innovative, mind-blowing visuals and emotive, engaging content.
  • In this sense, can we say that the dismissal of Schoenberg et al had its roots in a sort of century-long "me, me, me, emotive"/composer-becoming-the-subject of historical inquiry -- where the "forward looking" or the "next new thing" was the prescient objective -- came to a violent collision with the unfamiliar, one which is unreconcilable with nostalgia? Every night, they say, he sings the herd to sleep
  • Musical backing is kept low key with touches of strings, brass and brooding electronica, never overshadowing Jane's fragile but emotive vocals.
  • Krishna devotees ardently look upon him as the Godhead, more emotively evocative than most of the other avatars.
  • The most emotive issue is executive pay and bonuses. Times, Sunday Times
  • Raw politics is making the arrival of boatpeople a divisive issue once more when it shouldn't be, and the Rudd government is as culpable as the Coalition when it comes to emotive catchcries and racist innuendo. Public Opinion
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