emotionalist
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who is strongly influenced by emotions: An "emotionalist" is someone who tends to be guided by feelings rather than reason, often displaying heightened emotional responses.
- A person skilled in evoking emotions: The term can also refer to someone who deliberately stirs emotions in others, such as a performer, speaker, or writer.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- As an emotionalist, she often makes decisions based on how she feels rather than on logic. (A person guided by emotions.)
- The politician was a skilled emotionalist, moving the crowd to tears with his speech. (Someone who evokes emotions in others.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be an emotionalist": to habitually prioritize emotional reactions over rational analysis.
- In a heated debate, he revealed himself to be an emotionalist, reacting with anger to every opposing point. (He consistently responded emotionally.)
Variants and Related Words
- Emotional (adj): relating to or characterized by emotion.
- She gave an emotional speech about her family. (Full of emotion.)
- Emotionalism (n): the tendency to rely on or emphasize emotions.
- The film’s emotionalism made it popular but also criticized for being manipulative. (The quality of being emotional.)
- Emotionality (n): the state of being emotional.
- His emotionality was evident in his tearful reaction. (The degree of emotional expression.)
Synonyms
- Sentimentalist: a person who is overly influenced by tender feelings.
- Sensationalist: someone who exaggerates emotions to provoke a reaction (often used negatively).
- Passionist: a person driven by strong feelings (less common).
Related Idioms
- Wear one's heart on one's sleeve: to openly show one's emotions.
- He is such an emotionalist that he wears his heart on his sleeve in every conversation. (He displays feelings visibly.)
Phrasal Verbs
- (None directly associated with "emotionalist"; the word is not commonly used in phrasal verbs.)