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Recent Examples of emotionality
Sensations abound, but a human audience might struggle to access the same emotionality the Ochi are supposedly able to mine from them.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
The study used the HEXACO Personality Inventory to determine key six personality traits: honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Too often in my work as a CEO (especially as one who identifies as a woman), I’m immersed in debates about the value of removing emotion from professional spaces, as if the presence of emotionality is a risk to business growth.
—Sarah Kellogg Neff, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The brilliant guitarist played with incredible imagination, combining a heavy guitar style with intense emotionality.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
The study used the HEXACO Personality Inventory to determine key six personality traits: honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025
Too often in my work as a CEO (especially as one who identifies as a woman), I’m immersed in debates about the value of removing emotion from professional spaces, as if the presence of emotionality is a risk to business growth.
—Sarah Kellogg Neff, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The brilliant guitarist played with incredible imagination, combining a heavy guitar style with intense emotionality.
—Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
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That form inflects the entire movie—the contours of its dramas, the style of the performances, the earnest emotionalism—while also embodying a noteworthy conceptual vision.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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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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The Academy did not specifically name Ballal in a statement condemning violence. overnights Yesterday at 9:30 p.m. RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Mom and Pop Drag Race’s penchant for sentimentality ends up making for an entertaining and memorable episode.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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That would better satisfy the yearning for sentimentality that director John Rando relies on.—
Karen D'Souza,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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So what starts out as this high-school melodrama done for laughs grows into something darker and more profound as the story progresses.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, this romantic melodrama was filmed on the beaches of Big Sur.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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More than fifty years ago, any semi-sentient being could recognize the dangers of forcing minors to work gruelling hours performing emotions for the delectation of large and unseen audiences, long before their brains had finished developing.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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Instead of scanning for signs of danger, try slowing down and tuning into your own body and emotions first.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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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 14 Apr. 2025.
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