[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 through the use of language, specifically through constructions that explicitly descr... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotive_(sociology)
E·mo'tive adjective Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. -- E*mo'tive*ly , adverb Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/30
characterized by or pertaining to emotion: the emotive and rational capacities of humankind. · productive of or directed toward the emotions: Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/emotive