emotionality

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Recent Examples of emotionality The brilliant guitarist played with incredible imagination, combining a heavy guitar style with intense emotionality. Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024 This complex relationship underscores the dual nature of emotionality as both a risk factor for poor mental health and a motivator for cautious behavior. Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Choose words carefully to promote clarity and lessen emotionality. Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024 Headland's script brings more than just wit to the table; there's a raw, honest emotionality here, fleshed out characters, and thoughtful dynamics. Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for emotionality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
Noun
  • That form inflects the entire movie—the contours of its dramas, the style of the performances, the earnest emotionalism—while also embodying a noteworthy conceptual vision.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Simmons took that religious devotion to exercise, stripped away its grim asceticism and elitism, and imbued it with pure emotionalism and inclusivity.
    Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, The Atlantic, 16 July 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Hart despises him and his blundering height, despises the hokey sentimentality of Oklahoma!
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But the director and his actors play it with neither sensationalism nor melodrama.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Its film-noir visual palette matches the melodrama implicit in its stories.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Survivors of Asheville’s Hurricane Helen continue to deal with shock, trauma and a roller coaster of emotions.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Leaders must recognize and validate the emotions of their staff and communities, acknowledging the human cost of a crisis rather than focusing solely on operational recovery.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Dependency and cathexis are also incredibly painful and difficult to extricate yourself from.
    Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • There’s a word for this loss of self in devotion: cathexis.
    Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020

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“Emotionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionality. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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