emotive meaning

emotive meaning
the emotional connotation of a word or expression that is used instead of one having a similar meaning but less affective quality, as the connotation of "murder" when used instead of "homicide" or "drunk" instead of "inebriated."
[1940-45]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • emotive meaning — The emotive meaning of a term is the attitude or other emotional state that is conventionally taken to be expressed by a straightforward use of it. Thus a derogatory term conventionally expresses some kind of contempt or hostility to some class… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • emotive meaning — the emotional connotation of a word or expression that is used instead of one having a similar meaning but less affective quality, as the connotation of murder when used instead of homicide or drunk instead of inebriated. [1940 45] …   Useful english dictionary

  • emotive — 1735, causing movement, from L. emot , pp. stem of emovere (see EMOTION (Cf. emotion)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Meaning capable of emotion is from 1881; that of evoking emotions is from 1923, originally in literary criticism …   Etymology dictionary

  • Emotive (sociology) — “Emotional expressions”, also called “emotives” are an effort by the speaker to offer an interpretation of something that is observable to no other actor (Reddy 1997). If emotions are feelings, emotives are the expressions of those feelings… …   Wikipedia

  • emotive — emotional, emotive Emotional and emotive both mean ‘connected with or appealing to the emotions’, but emotional is the word more often used in the neutral sense ‘relating to emotions’ whereas emotive has a stronger sense of ‘causing emotion’: •… …   Modern English usage

  • cognitive meaning — The cognitive aspect of the meaning of a sentence. This is thought of as its content, or what is strictly said, abstracted away from the tone or emotive meaning, or other implicatures generated, for example, by the choice of words. The cognitive… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy — (REBT) is a comprehensive, active directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioral problems and disturbances and enabling people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives. REBT was …   Wikipedia

  • Emotivism — (also known as the hurrah/boo theory) is the meta ethical view which claims that: # Ethical sentences do not express propositions. # Instead, ethical sentences express emotional attitudes. [Garner and Rosen, Moral Philosophy , chapter 13 (… …   Wikipedia

  • Berkeley, George — George Berkeley David Berman BACKGROUND AND EARLY WORK George Berkeley was born on 12 March 1685 in Co. Kilkenny, where he spent his early years. His father was from England, his mother (very probably) was born in Ireland.1 After attending… …   History of philosophy

  • Charles Stevenson — For other people named Charles Stevenson, see Charles Stevenson (disambiguation). Charles Leslie Stevenson (June 27, 1908 in Cincinnati, Ohio – March 14, 1979 in Bennington, Vermont) was an American analytic philosopher best known for his work in …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”