emotional English · revision 5071

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/, US /ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|emotion|-al]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ “Pertaining to emotion”: 1821 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) 1834 in the OED and Merriam-Webster.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “Characterized by or subject to emotion, easily moved” is attested by 1857.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The Shorter Oxford also records “full of emotion, showing strong emotion” from the mid-19th century, and ''tired and emotional'' as a euphemism.^(SOED 2002) ''Emotional intelligence'' was coined by the mid-1960s and became popular from the mid-1980s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1821 – pertaining to emotion.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1857 – easily moved.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-1960s – ''emotional intelligence''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to [[emotion]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Easily affected or stirred by emotion.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Arousing, or meant to arouse, the emotions: ''an emotional appeal''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Showing emotion: ''an emotional farewell''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[emotionality]]

+ * [[emotionally]]

+ * [[emotionalist]]

+ * [[pseudoemotional]]

+ * [[unemotional]]

+ * [[emotionalism]]

+ * [[hyperemotional]]

+ * [[nonemotional]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[emotion]]

+ * [[emote]]

+ * [[motion]]

+ * [[emotive]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}