emotionality
[ih-moh-shuh-nal-i-tee]
noun
emotional state or quality: the emotionality of the artistic temperament.
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Origin of emotionality
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for emotionality
Historical Examples of emotionality
The fact must be told in brief sentences, with a total absence of emotionality.
Literature and LifeWilliam Dean Howells
A certain combination in this class produces the trait of "emotionality," or superficial feeling and sympathy.
How to Read Human NatureWilliam Walker Atkinson
All these things—vanity, emotionality, romanticism, courtship—are poor training for the home.
The Nervous HousewifeAbraham Myerson
The Jewish home reverberates with emotionality and largely through this attitude of the Jewish housewife.
The Nervous HousewifeAbraham Myerson