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Recent Examples of emotionality
Governed by shadowy Pluto, Scorpios are known for their depth and intense emotionality, which is evident considering Rafe’s dark and dangerous persona.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
There was always going to be a comedown after the true-life emotionality that powered Furious 7 — and Fate was mostly seed-planting toward the ninth and 10th films.
—Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Naturally, his heartfelt emotionality was mocked by the likes of Newsmax and Tucker Carlson.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
Doing something like this, the emotionality really drew me to the character.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
There was always going to be a comedown after the true-life emotionality that powered Furious 7 — and Fate was mostly seed-planting toward the ninth and 10th films.
—Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
Naturally, his heartfelt emotionality was mocked by the likes of Newsmax and Tucker Carlson.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2024
Doing something like this, the emotionality really drew me to the character.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
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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
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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
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Schmaltz refers to excessive sentimentality or melodrama and is often used for art, movies, music or storytelling purposes.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
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By Barry Levitt October 14, 2024 10:31 PM EDT English Teacher, created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, is a show with no interest in sentimentality.Barry Levitt, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
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Simplistic binaries might make for powerful melodrama, where the world is divided into good and evil.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Like Water for Chocolate is a melodrama in the best possible sense of the word—a larger-than-life historical epic of love and lust, birth and death, duty and destiny.Judy Berman, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
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There are also gender-role stereotypes that impact people's understanding of how they are 'allowed' or expected to grieve and show emotion, based on what has been deemed 'acceptable' in society.David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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In society, emotional labor has a market value, requiring individuals to regulate their emotions to meet expectations in exchange for a wage.Elpida Kokkota, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Dependency and cathexis are also incredibly painful and difficult to extricate yourself from.Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2020
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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 22 Dec. 2024.
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