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Emotivity - Law Dictionary Search Results

Pathos

or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions esp that which awakens tender emotions such as

Hysteria

nervous affection occurring almost exclusively in women in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated and the will power correspondingly

Instigate

consequence. A word uttered in the fit of anger or emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow cannot be said

Emotionalism

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind tendency to regard things in an emotional

abuse

use [ narcotics] 2 a : to inflict physical or emotional mistreatment or injury on (as one's child) purposely or through

passion

passion : intense, driving, or overpowering feeling or emotion ;esp : any violent or intense emotion that prevents reflection

mental anguish

mental anguish : a high degree of emotional pain, distress, torment, or suffering that may aggravate a crime

loss

loss 1 : physical, emotional, or esp. economic harm or damage sustained: as a :

CER

a conditioned emotional response an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning

nonsubjective

undistorted by emotion or personal bias based on observable phenomena objective Opposite of

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