emotionality

noun

emo·​tion·​al·​i·​ty i-ˌmō-shə-ˈna-lə-tē How to pronounce emotionality (audio)
: the quality or state of being emotional or highly emotional
And I would have grasped that emotionality at the workplace is not a female issue—men and women are equally driven by it, even if the emotions are sometimes expressed differently.Anne Kreamer
Spock was torn between the emotionality of his human side and a Vulcan's zealous commitment to logic.Liam Stack
Sinéad O'Connor's trademark is a searing emotionality reminiscent of James Dean. Her piercing eyes stare unrelentingly at the audience as she shares personal loss in a song written by Prince.Timothy Carlson

Examples of emotionality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Inspired by her own experiences as a Hollywood receptionist, Ariel brings readers into the world of her characters with vibrant emotionality. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023 Maddie's sequence has the emotionality and sleekness of a women's picture in the vein of Mildred Pierce, while David's is pure Warner Bros. noir, a la a Humphrey Bogart film. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2023 Ken may be living a life of plastic, but for Gosling the emotionality is all real. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024 That book zoomed like a rocket into my emotionality. New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023 Swift knows how to pick a collaborator whose emotionality doesn’t overpower hers and the duo create a song that’s not about revenge, but is rather a stinging ditty dedicated to not compromising oneself for a partner.–M.M. 3. TIME, 25 Oct. 2023 Director Maria Friedman, in league with stars Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, burrow down to the musical’s theatrical core and discover not a shallow pool of glibness but a deep wellspring of emotionality. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023 At their best, Woo’s American pictures showcased his ability to blend mind-melting action scenes with a kind of romanticism and emotionality genre films often looked down on; in that sense, Face/Off (1997) remains unmatched. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 July 2023 Its center is a Parisian single mother finding her footing, played with an inviting emotionality by Charlotte Gainsbourg, while its satellite figure is a homeless teenager who enters the family’s orbit. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of emotionality was in 1842

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“Emotionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emotionality. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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