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Synonyms

emotionality

American  
[ih-moh-shuh-nal-i-tee] / ɪˌmoʊ ʃəˈnæl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. emotional state or quality.

    the emotionality of the artistic temperament.


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Etymology

Origin of emotionality

First recorded in 1860–65; emotional + -ity

Example Sentences

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The script leans so heavily into cloying emotionality that, in its climax, everyone dissolves into tears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

And so I was like, I need something to kind of just twist the knife a little bit deeper, open up some kind of emotionality that I didn’t have before.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

As the field has grown, Benítez and colleagues wanted to quantify animal behavior researchers' perceptions of the taxonomic distribution of animal emotionality.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

He’s also the best-written character in “Alien: Romulus” in terms of his psychology and emotionality.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2024

There is an inflammable emotionality in youth and its dreary continuance into middle life, when as the farcial old governor in the play exclaims, "Every day is ladies' day to me."

From The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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