emotionality

noun

emo·​tion·​al·​i·​ty i-ˌmō-shə-ˈna-lə-tē 

: the quality or state of being emotional or highly emotional

And I would have grasped that emotionality at the workplace is not a female issue—men and women are equally driven by it, even if the emotions are sometimes expressed differently.

—Anne Kreamer

Spock was torn between the emotionality of his human side and a Vulcan's zealous commitment to logic.

—Liam Stack

Sinéad O'Connor's trademark is a searing emotionality reminiscent of James Dean. Her piercing eyes stare unrelentingly at the audience as she shares personal loss in a song written by Prince.

—Timothy Carlson

Examples of emotionality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If the past 50 years of scores were all about boundless emotionality, these newer scores are pulsing and discordant — closer to Steve Reich or Karlheinz Stockhausen than European Romantic composers like Beethoven or first-generation Americans like Leonard Bernstein. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025

As a writer, however, Ryan wants to keep a balance between her characters’ passion and emotionality. —Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025

That is, not only does emotionality sell goods, but emotions themselves have also become commodities. —Maytal Eyal, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025

Sensations abound, but a human audience might struggle to access the same emotionality the Ochi are supposedly able to mine from them. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing emotionality

• hyper-emotionality

Rhymes for emotionality

• bisexuality
• collegiality
• conditionality
• congeniality
• conventionality
• conviviality
• dimensionality
• directionality
• essentiality
• eventuality
• grammaticality
• impartiality