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Recent Examples of emotionality
Headland's script brings more than just wit to the table; there's a raw, honest emotionality here, fleshed out characters, and thoughtful dynamics.
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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
The plot, for all its love of science and reason, is a miasma of magic, melodrama, corny emotionality, and gangster-movie politics.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2024
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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
The plot, for all its love of science and reason, is a miasma of magic, melodrama, corny emotionality, and gangster-movie politics.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 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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But sentimentality suits Flanagan, whose florid writing style is well matched by the high-concept ideas explored here.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
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Short-term commitments superseded sentimentality, turning two homegrown cornerstones into opponents while thrusting a team into overhaul.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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This is the kind of decision franchises dread—where emotion, logic, and reality collide in uncomfortable ways.Brian Sampson, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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In animals, sentience is the capacity to experience sensations and emotions such as pain, pleasure and fear.Conor Purcell, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
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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 Jan. 2025.
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