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Recent Examples of emotionality
The brilliant guitarist played with incredible imagination, combining a heavy guitar style with intense emotionality.
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Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
This complex relationship underscores the dual nature of emotionality as both a risk factor for poor mental health and a motivator for cautious behavior.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Choose words carefully to promote clarity and lessen emotionality.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Headland's script brings more than just wit to the table; there's a raw, honest emotionality here, fleshed out characters, and thoughtful dynamics.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
This complex relationship underscores the dual nature of emotionality as both a risk factor for poor mental health and a motivator for cautious behavior.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Choose words carefully to promote clarity and lessen emotionality.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
Headland's script brings more than just wit to the table; there's a raw, honest emotionality here, fleshed out characters, and thoughtful dynamics.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
Noun
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Simmons took that religious devotion to exercise, stripped away its grim asceticism and elitism, and imbued it with pure emotionalism and inclusivity.—
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela,
The Atlantic,
16 July 2024
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There was a not-insignificant strain of complaint about Guardians 3 trading in its fun irreverence for goopy emotionalism and melodrama.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2024
Noun
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The film doesn’t resort to any cliche or sentimentality.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Constable’s artistic attraction to nature was imbued with sentimentality.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Instead, Salles offers soft political melodrama that’s less frank than old Hollywood self-righteousness.—
Armond White,
National Review,
7 Feb. 2025
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The writing also feels uneven at times, and some of the performances can veer toward melodrama.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Frustration: Taylor Swift and her famous friends displayed every emotion.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Their stories reflect a jumble of emotions that catastrophe inevitably leaves in its wake.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dependency and cathexis are also incredibly painful and difficult to extricate yourself from.—
Janey Starling,
refinery29.com,
10 Apr. 2020
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There’s a word for this loss of self in devotion: cathexis.—
Janey Starling,
refinery29.com,
10 Apr. 2020
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“Emotionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionality. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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