Definition of "emotionalist" [emotionalist]

• One whose conduct, thought, or rhetoric is governed by emotion rather than reason, often as a matter of policy. (noun)
• An excessively emotional person. (noun)

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• "People assume that because Stephen Harper attends an Evangelical church The East Gate Alliance Church he's some kind of emotionalist "holy roller" along the lines of Benny Hinn."
• "We the good and virtuous people of this land have to retain our balance in a tidal flood of emotionalist hypocracy."
• "Unfortunately, the hokey FairTax is predicated on some unrealistic political assumptions that are ignored for the sake of emotionalist feel-good propaganda by the promoters."