emotive

/ɪˈmoʊtɪv/

Something described as emotive shows feeling. If you consider women more emotive than men, you think that women are more comfortable sharing their feelings than men.

While the word emotive is similar to the word emotional, it's important to note that the two aren't interchangeable. Emotive is used with regard to something that makes you have intense feelings rather than just having intense feelings. For example, an emotive conversation will result in getting people's emotions riled up, while an emotional conversation is one in which people go into it with a lot of intense feelings already.

Definitions of emotive

1. adjective

   characterized by emotion
   synonyms: affectional, affective

   emotional

   of more than usual emotion