Emotional appeal

Synonyms for "emotional appeal" (37 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(7 words)
affectingaffectiveaffective appealaffective displayaffectivenessappeal to emotionemotional impact
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Strong matches (11)

Noun(8 words)
emotional inducementemotional leveremotional persuasivenessemotionalitiesemotionalityemotiveemotive responseemotiveness
Adjective(2 words)
emotional valueemotive display

Related words (18)

Adjective(1 words)
illogical argument

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

4 entries
persuasive techniquerhetorical devicerhetorical strategyrhetorical tactic

More specific

10 entries
compassionate appealemotive appealfear appealguilt appealhumor appealmelodramatic languagepathospity appealsad storysentimental language

Collocations

9 entries
affective toneemotional manipulationemotive appealfear appealguilt trippathospity appealsentimental languagestrong emotional appeal

Inflections

3 entries
emotional appealsmore emotionalmost emotional

Derivations

9 entries