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emotive

adjective
🔊/ɪˈməʊtɪv/
🔊/ɪˈməʊtɪv/
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  1. causing people to feel strong emotions激起感情的；有感染力的；激动人心的 synonym emotional
    • emotive language/words有感染力的语言／话语
    • Capital punishment is a highly emotive issue.死刑是极易引起激烈争论的问题。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • highly
    • powerfully
    • very
    • …
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    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin emot- ‘moved’, from the verb emovere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + movere ‘move’.