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May 25, 2012
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e•mo•tive



Pronunciation: (i-mō'tiv), [key]
—adj.
1. characterized by or pertaining to emotion: the emotive and rational capacities of humankind.
2. productive of or directed toward the emotions: Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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