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Touchy-feely

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Adjective

1. touchy-feely

(often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Touchy-feely

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adjective
informal, sometimes derogatory
openly displaying one's emotions and affections

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Touchy-feely

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adjective
of or characterized by the overt display of affection, compassion, and other tender feelings, as through hugging, crying, etc.
used disparagingly to convey excess, indulgence, superficiality, etc.
a touchy-feely support group

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Touchy-feely

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adj.
Informal
1. Marked by or emphasizing physical closeness and emotional openness: became uncomfortable when the group therapy session got too touchy-feely.
2. Based on sentiment or intuition, especially to the exclusion of critical judgment: "a book that proves the existence of the Almighty ... without recourse to spiritual mumbo jumbo or any of that touchy-feely faith stuff" (Adam Begley).

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