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Synonyms

emotionality

American  
[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

For all its emotionality, the dialogue can be a little flat, a little stiff, a little cornball.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 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

We are the ones who are supposed to be mature enough to respond to the emotionality behind these protests, however diluted they may be by ill-timed requests for nut milk.

From Slate May 2, 2024

Music, for instance, carried him away, and particularly the effect of many voices in unison whirled him off from almost any state of mind to a fine massive emotionality.

From Love and Mr. Lewisham by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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