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Recent Examples of emotionalism
From …Baby One More Time to Everytime, there’s an emotionalism at the core of her music that still resonates with people decades later.
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Sam Sanders, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
At least two styles of (mostly ineffective) play are named for the emotionalism that characterizes them: Revenge-Seeking and Carebear.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
Psychologists such as Meaghan Rice see toxic femininity as the inverse of toxic masculinity – a constellation of characteristics like meekness, emotionalism, passivity and self-sacrifice.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
Woo’s films, and this one is no exception, are also characterized by an over-the-top emotionalism that amplifies all feelings to mythological status.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
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Sam Sanders, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023
At least two styles of (mostly ineffective) play are named for the emotionalism that characterizes them: Revenge-Seeking and Carebear.
—WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
Psychologists such as Meaghan Rice see toxic femininity as the inverse of toxic masculinity – a constellation of characteristics like meekness, emotionalism, passivity and self-sacrifice.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
Woo’s films, and this one is no exception, are also characterized by an over-the-top emotionalism that amplifies all feelings to mythological status.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionalism
Noun
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That is, not only does emotionality sell goods, but emotions themselves have also become commodities.—
Maytal Eyal,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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In its poise, its interiority and conviction, its lack of sentimentality or overstatement, her singing seemed to press the reset button on any standard expectations of a pop star.—
Giovanni Russonello,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Hart despises him and his blundering height, despises the hokey sentimentality of Oklahoma!—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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But the director and his actors play it with neither sensationalism nor melodrama.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Its film-noir visual palette matches the melodrama implicit in its stories.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Emotionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionalism. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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