emotionality

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Recent Examples of emotionality 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 Individuals high on emotionality are sensitive to emotional experiences, prone to worry often and highly empathetic toward others. Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Yet in his music, Pryor expresses a raw emotionality that transcends the constraints of formal systems, tapping into something universal — the human condition. Anto Dotcom, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for emotionality 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
Noun
  • 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
  • There was a not-insignificant strain of complaint about Guardians 3 trading in its fun irreverence for goopy emotionalism and melodrama.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Through his long and, at times, controversial F1 career, Briatore has never been one for sentimentality.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Better Man ends on a several notes, some discordant, of forgiveness regarding both father and son, which admittedly tests your tolerance for sentimentality.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • His television series Twin Peaks (1990–91, 2017) further cemented his reputation, becoming a cultural phenomenon with its blend of soap opera melodrama, supernatural intrigue, and quirky humor.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • David Lynch, the acclaimed filmmaker who blended dreamlike surrealism with mystery and melodrama in films like Mulholland Drive and television projects like Twin Peaks, has died at 78.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In animals, sentience is the capacity to experience sensations and emotions such as pain, pleasure and fear.
    Conor Purcell, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The horses typically appear when the brewing giant wants to pull on emotions, feelings of pride, and, occasionally, the funny bone.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 Jan. 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 28 Jan. 2025.

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