emotional issue

collocation in English

meaningsofemotionalandissue

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emotional
adjective
uk
/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/us
/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition ofemotionalandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofemotional issue

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It is anemotionalissue, both for researchers and survivors, and no single book can do justice to its immensity.
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I agree that nuclear dumping is anemotionalissue.
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With anemotionalissuesuch as this, it is amazing that we are doing this so objectively.
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To begin again, this is obviously anemotionalissuewhen one talks about monopolies.
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I believe that basically this is anemotionalissue.
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This is a deepemotionalissuewith which people are confronted.
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It is a moral issue and an ethical issue, but it is also a powerfulemotionalissue.
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He was turning that into anemotionalissue.
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The keyemotionalissuehas been the contiguous cull.
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I apologise for going on at some length, but this is rather anemotionalissuein our union.
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This is a crass absurdity in such anemotionalissueas this.
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I realise that in many respects this is a highly-chargedemotionalissue.
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They realise that it is anemotionalissuewhich gets them sympathetic support from sources from which they would not otherwise get support.
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This is a mostemotionalissueand one's sympathies are naturally with what one might describe as "the few".
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It is because of the poor that there is this concern, and that is why it is such a highlyemotionalissue.
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I find that the potato is quite anemotionalissueat present.
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They have asked me to express their concerns about a terrible andemotionalissue.
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That is obviously anemotionalissue, and people who have to endure that sort of searching out and assessment suffer psychologically.
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He has withstood the pressures he has come up against in thisemotionalissueextremely well.
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They were caught up in anemotionalissuewhich was fanned by political agitators in the area.
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