Idiom: Touchy-Feely
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Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree.
Example: "My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public."
Driven by intuition or emotion, with a connotation of de-emphasis of rational thought or logic.
Example: "He preferred the clarity of science and left the touchy-feely stuff to others."
Appealing to emotion, sympathy, or romance.
Example: "I think the movie had too much touchy-feely nonsense and not enough action."
Example Sentences
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I don't like all that touchy-feely stuff.
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He's not a touchy-feely kind of person.
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The therapy session was very touchy-feely.
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I find her touchy-feely behavior off-putting.
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They always have these touchy-feely team-building exercises.
