Emotional Meaning
/ɪˈməʊʃənəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to the emotions.
adjCharacterized by emotion.
Sentence Examples
It is not good for a scientist to get emotional.
I find it apt to cause misunderstanding that society confers such emotional privileges upon youth.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ speech moved the audience to tears and applause.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Leaving my childhood home was a very ____ experience for me.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional From emotion + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"One of the biggest shifts is that much of the conversation about emotional labor has left its original sphere of the workplace and moved to the home."
— 2018 November 26, Julie Beck, “The Concept Creep of ‘Emotional Labor’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2019:
"The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology)."
— 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ speech moved the audience to tears and applause.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Leaving my childhood home was a very ____ experience for me.