Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To impart an emotional quality to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render emotional; infect with emotional excitement; regard as a mere matter of emotion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To give an emotional character to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To give something an
emotional quality. - verb To make an emotional
display .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Both parties attempt to emotionalize various issues such as Abortion and the Environment – in an attempt to win over people.
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"It's too early to say, but it is a strategy to emotionalize a brand," Mr. Jacoby said.
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No matter how well I craft the following paragraphs, I will not be able to help you emotionalize what I experienced.
Broadcast News Vs. Information: An Unfair Fight - Shelly Palmer Report 2009
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And emotionalize the issue with lots of colour pictures of poor people.
Bad science on climate change.... GayandRight 2009
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You cannot emotionalize the experience of having a location-based, app help you do things you need to do at 3G speeds with full graphics on a iPhone screen.
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The "Psycho-Cybernetics" approach is to visualize and emotionalize the successful completion of your task.
Self-Image and success Steven Barnes 2008
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The "Psycho-Cybernetics" approach is to visualize and emotionalize the successful completion of your task.
Archive 2008-04-01 Steven Barnes 2008
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It is very instructive to emotionalize the experience.
SHELLY PALMER REPORT: Shameless, Illegal & Not Possibly Profitable: Browsing QuickSilverScreen.com 2008
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It is unlikely that any of us can emotionalize or visualize the idea of a trillion of anything.
New Economy, Old Behaviors: A Fork in the Road for Advanced Media ��� The Shelly Palmer Report 2008
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While nobody questions the rights of survivors 'kin like Stern to use their undesired notoriety as an implement of power, some of us are tired of hearing politicians use them as a tool to emotionalize questionable policies.
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