emotionality

[ ih-moh-shuh-nal-i-tee ]

noun

1. emotional state or quality:

   the emotionality of the artistic temperament.

Other Words From

• hyper·e·motion·ali·ty noun
• over·e·motion·ali·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of emotionality¹

First recorded in 1860–65; emotional + -ity

Example Sentences

A certain combination in this class produces the trait of "emotionality," or superficial feeling and sympathy.

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The fact must be told in brief sentences, with a total absence of emotionality.

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But this very discipline has resulted, in other persons, in an explosive emotionality.

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All these things—vanity, emotionality, romanticism, courtship—are poor training for the home.

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The Jewish home reverberates with emotionality and largely through this attitude of the Jewish housewife.

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