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What does touchy-feely mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word touchy-feely? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (informal) Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree.
  2. (derogatory) Driven by intuition or emotion, with a connotation of de-emphasis of rational thought or logic.
  3. (derogatory) Appealing to emotion, sympathy, or romance.
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Well, of course, this is compassion night, touchy-feely night at the Republican National Convention.
If someone is very touchy-feely and enjoys displays of affection, they'll look for those specific cues because that's how they express love.
The frozen-hearted never enjoy touchy-feely displays of emotion, like hugs.
Sounds awful touchy-feely, but sometimes the most revolutionary ideas are touchy-feely.
The star says he isn't a touchy-feely person but besotted girls queue up to cuddle him.
And, although this touchy-feely motion picture transforms Redford's character into a human being, he starts out as an unapologetic misanthrope.

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