|

emotive

Traditionally, women tend to be more emotive than men. That means women are more comfortable and driven to share their feelings than men.

While the word emotive is similar to the word emotional, it's important to note that the two aren't interchangeable. Emotive is used with regard to something that makes you have intense feelings rather than just having intense feelings. For example, an emotive conversation will result in getting people's emotions riled up, while an emotional conversation is one in which people go into it with a lot of intense feelings already.

DEFINITIONS OF: emotive

1

adj characterized by emotion

Synonyms:
affectional, affective
emotional
of more than usual emotion
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES