Synonyms for emotive
ɪˈmoʊ tɪvemo·tive

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1. affectional, affective, emotiveadjective

   characterized by emotion

   Synonyms:
   affective, affectional

   Antonyms:
   unemotional

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1. List of paraphrases for "emotive":

   emotional, sensitive

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How to use emotive in a sentence?

1. Tom Holland:

   Even as paramedics this is an incredibly rare and tragic event to get called to, it was a very emotive scene, my thoughts are with the parents.

2. Seth Burgett:

   It needs to have an emotive connection to the past.

3. Middle East:

   It's a very strong public issue and it's quite emotive. As public diplomacy goes it's a very strong gesture.

4. Michael Ruck:

   Whistleblowing can be an emotive issue but if firms have an appropriate regime in place it can enable the firm to identify issues and remedy them before they become a significant regulatory or legal failing.

5. Alamos CEO John McCluskey:

   It is a very cynical thing to say, but I believe that this whole attack is essentially just an environmental cloak that is being put over what is really a deep political agenda, what I've never experienced in the past is where there has been very deliberate misinformation about this project that is being published in an effort to get very rapidly a very emotive social media response.