emotionize

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A form of emotionalize — To give (something) an emotional quality.

OriginEnglish emotion ← Middle French emotion ← Old French esmovoir →
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Meanings

verbemotionize (third-person singular simple present emotionizes, present participle emotionizing, simple past and past participle emotionized)

present singular third person emotionizes · participle present emotionizing · participle past emotionized · past emotionized

  1. alternativeAlternative form of emotionalize.

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. Englishemotionize

From emotion + -ize.

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APA

emotionize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionize

MLA

“emotionize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotionize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionize.

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