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emotionality

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[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

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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

It was the first time that I felt empowered to have opinions about music and my taste, particularly the emotionality of music.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

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

When I saw the audition, it was such a revelation because he wasn't just playing the darkness; he was playing the goofiness of Aaron, and he was playing the emotionality of Aaron, the complexity.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2024

In later programs other selections from Bach will be given which will illustrate the larger aspects of his style, and, above all, his intense emotionality.

From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)

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