emotionality

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

/ ɪˌmoʊ ʃəˈnæl ɪ ti /

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noun

emotional state or quality: the emotionality of the artistic temperament.

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Origin of emotionality

First recorded in 1860–65; emotional + -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM emotionality

hy·per·e·mo·tion·al·i·ty, nouno·ver·e·mo·tion·al·i·ty, noun

Words nearby emotionality

emotional eating, emotional incontinence, emotional intelligence, emotionalism, emotionalist, emotionality, emotionalize, emotional labor, emotional labour, emotional literacy, emotionally correct

How to use emotionality in a sentence

A certain combination in this class produces the trait of "emotionality," or superficial feeling and sympathy.
How to Read Human Nature|William Walker Atkinson
The fact must be told in brief sentences, with a total absence of emotionality.
Literature and Life|William Dean Howells
But this very discipline has resulted, in other persons, in an explosive emotionality.
Quaker Hill|Warren H. Wilson
All these things—vanity, emotionality, romanticism, courtship—are poor training for the home.
The Nervous Housewife|Abraham Myerson

The Jewish home reverberates with emotionality and largely through this attitude of the Jewish housewife.
The Nervous Housewife|Abraham Myerson