emotionalist

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noun

Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.

OriginEnglish emotional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French emotion →
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Meanings

nounemotionalist (plural emotionalists)

plural emotionalists

  1. Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic.
  2. Someone who is abnormally emotional.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinēmoveō
  11. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  12. Old Frenchesmovoir
  13. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  14. Middle Frenchemotion
  15. Englishemotion
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishemotional
  19. Englishemotionalist

From emotional + -ist.

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APA

emotionalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalist

MLA

“emotionalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotionalist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalist.

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