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emotional appeal

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The new national security adviser is again testing out talking points, this time giving an emotional appeal on Syria.

It's also, for obvious reasons, the easiest emotional appeal for proponents of a program.

Barbie Latza Nadeau reports from the wild scene in Perugia, where the defendant gave an emotional appeal for freedom.

Perhaps, however, the emotional appeal of such will be too strong for Whites.

An emotional appeal, therefore, was more likely to be understood than a mechanical explanation of technique and style.

Certainly no reformer could ever more legitimately make an emotional appeal to the higher sensibility of the public.

In his narrow life the church and its emotional appeal had occupied an important place.

To be responsive to the needs of life and its emotional appeal is the first condition of artistic creation.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to emotional appeal, such as: hardship tale, heartbreaker, human interest, maudlin plea, pathos, and schmaltz.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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