alexithymic vs emotional

alexithymic

adj
  • Pertaining to or having alexithymia. 

  • Lacking in emotion or emotional expression. 

noun
  • A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions 

emotional

noun
  • An emotional person 

adj
  • Determined by emotion rather than reason. 

  • Of or relating to the emotions. 

  • Easily affected by emotion. 

  • Readily displaying emotion. 

  • Appealing to or arousing emotion. 

  • Characterised by emotion. 

How often have the words alexithymic and emotional occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )