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e•mo•tive
(i mō′tiv),USA pronunciation adj.
e•mo′tive•ly, adv.
e•mo′tive•ness, e•mo•tiv•i•ty
(ē′mō tiv′i tē, i mō-),USA pronunciation n.
- characterized by or pertaining to emotion:the emotive and rational capacities of humankind.
- productive of or directed toward the emotions:Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form.
- 1725–35; emot(ion) + -ive