"touchy-feely" meaning in All languages combined

See touchy-feely on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-touchy-feely.ogg [Australia] Forms: more touchy-feely [comparative], most touchy-feely [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} touchy-feely (comparative more touchy-feely, superlative most touchy-feely)
  1. (informal) Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-touchy-feely-en-adj-NP2sta6c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 14 21
  2. (idiomatic, usually derogatory) Driven by intuition or emotion, with a connotation of de-emphasis of rational thought or logic. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, usually
    Sense id: en-touchy-feely-en-adj-jo6Gnz6Q
  3. (idiomatic, usually derogatory) Appealing to emotion, sympathy, or romance. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, usually
    Sense id: en-touchy-feely-en-adj-6cSwj5YI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: touchy-feeler, touchy-feeliness

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