emotionalist

noun

Definition of emotionalistnext
as in sentimentalist

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  1. romantic
  2. idealist
  3. dreamer
  4. ideologue
  5. Don Quixote
Noun
  • This attempt to coax a conventional romantic through line out of the madness doesn’t really work, partly because Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan have otherwise done a fine job of making clear how unconventional this whole situation was.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • However, the hopeless romantic in me is not one to say no to a wedding!
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of romantic
Noun
  • Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The diary belonged to Lam Ping-yu, an ambitious and patriotic idealist who was born to a well-off Chinese family in Indonesia in 1911 and eagerly joined his home country’s navy.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of idealist
Noun
  • In 1980, The Times noted, a report that two hefty gold nuggets had turned up in the Sierra Madre foothills sent a new generation of dreamers back into the hills.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • On the night of March 9, the 22-year-old country music dreamer phoned his friend Kevin Hughes, who worked as the chart director at Cash Box magazine.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of dreamer
Noun
  • International architecture and international cooperation are viewed with skepticism as mechanisms for free-riders and ideologues to push the United States.
    Frank Lavin, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That’s part of the idea behind the movie, was trying to understand how people can become corrupted by these charismatic ideologues who are really narcissists.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of ideologue
Noun
  • The Captive Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar explores Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes’ life changing experiences when he was captured by Turkish pirates in 1575 and held for ransom.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
  • But Don Quixote, which is often called the first modern novel, could not decisively break from the chivalric tradition without affirming its very real power to ensorcel the reader.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of Don Quixote
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