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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.

Words related to emotionality

flexibility, plasticity, sensibility, sensitivity, sentimentality, tenderness, pliancy, sensitiveness, affectability, impressionability, perceptivity

Words nearby emotionality

emotional intelligence, emotional labour, emotional literacy, emotionalism, emotionalist, emotionality, emotionalize, emotionally correct, emotive, emotive meaning, emotivism

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
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for emotionality

  • All these things—vanity, emotionality, romanticism, courtship—are poor training for the home.

    The Nervous Housewife|Abraham Myerson

  • The fact must be told in brief sentences, with a total absence of emotionality.

    Literature and Life|William Dean Howells

  • 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 Jewish home reverberates with emotionality and largely through this attitude of the Jewish housewife.

    The Nervous Housewife|Abraham Myerson