emotionality

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Recent Examples of emotionality As a writer, however, Ryan wants to keep a balance between her characters’ passion and emotionality. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025 That is, not only does emotionality sell goods, but emotions themselves have also become commodities. Maytal Eyal, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025 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 The brilliant guitarist played with incredible imagination, combining a heavy guitar style with intense emotionality. Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for emotionality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
Noun
  • McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).
    Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • De Niro received an Oscar nomination for his unforgettable performance, and Williams brings a gentle humanism to a role that could have easily slipped into sentimentality.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Woody the sheriff and Buzz Lightyear will be back, sparking up our hearts with more fun for Fire signs who love adventure, Earth signs who appreciate the sentimentality, Air signs who laugh at the banter and Water signs who believe in fantasy.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • This is the stuff of old-as-the-hills melodrama, as a vulnerable youngster is caught between good and, well, less good life paths.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 July 2025
  • The backstage melodrama, the rehearsal montages, the glittering audition sequences didn’t start with disco.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The prefrontal cortex – the area of the brain that regulates emotions, behavior and memory processing – is the last region to connect to others, one which may not fully integrate until the third decade of life.
    The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
  • The moment was filled with conflicting emotions, a mix of gratitude and solemn reflection.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 15 July 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 19 Jul. 2025.

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