Definition of emphatics:
(adj) :
Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
(adj) :
Stated with conviction.
(adj) :
(grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
(n) :
(linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.
(n) :
(phonology) An emphatic consonant.
(adj) :
(phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.