emotionality
[ ih-moh-shuh-nal-i-tee ]
/ ɪˌmoʊ ʃəˈnæl ɪ ti /
noun
emotional state or quality: the emotionality of the artistic temperament.
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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Example sentences from the Web for emotionality
All these things—vanity, emotionality, romanticism, courtship—are poor training for the home.
The Nervous Housewife|Abraham MyersonThe fact must be told in brief sentences, with a total absence of emotionality.
Literature and Life|William Dean HowellsA certain combination in this class produces the trait of "emotionality," or superficial feeling and sympathy.
How to Read Human Nature|William Walker AtkinsonThe Jewish home reverberates with emotionality and largely through this attitude of the Jewish housewife.
The Nervous Housewife|Abraham Myerson