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Recent Examples of emotionalism
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.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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
The group’s music attracts a loyal following with its soulful, spirited emotionalism.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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
The group’s music attracts a loyal following with its soulful, spirited emotionalism.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionalism
Noun
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So Mark initially came to me reporting symptoms of headache, memory loss, sleep difficulties, emotionality, and irritability.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the first season, that emotionality felt calibrated.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As expected, there was precisely zero sentimentality from Quick, who was the Conn Smythe winner during the Kings’ first Stanley Cup title run in 2012 and their starting goalie for their second in 2014 as well.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
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John, who plays Mickey’s father in the film, described watching Zelda and Toby inhabit such fraught roles without sentimentality.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Jan. 2026
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Sentimental Value was the big winner at the 38th European Film Awards, with Joachim Trier’s Norwegian melodrama winning best film, as well as best director and twin acting honors for Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Jan. 2026
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Dabis embraces the conventions of melodrama with sombre grace.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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These films explore those bonds without ever resorting to bromides or mawkishness.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Then things just unravel into a half-hour of thoroughly phony mawkishness.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Emotionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionalism. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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