emotionality

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Recent Examples of emotionality Over the course of more than 70 screen credits, the actor became known as a reliably electric performer, adding texture and emotionality to all of his roles. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Dec. 2025 So victorious, so emotional, so connected, the emotionality was just beyond. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025 The numbers don’t do justice to the way the four power sources play together, however, delivering a seamless rush of force as the electric motors perfectly fill in the gaps in the engine’s power band, combining the immediacy of an EV with the emotionality of a high-revving V12. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025 Faking emotionality, the political comic spent the majority of his first segment cracking sarcastic jokes about how ungrateful the American populace is toward the GOP leader. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for emotionality
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Noun
  • While this gentler effort is unlikely to be similarly impactful, its witty humor and genuine emotionalism recall the best of Pixar, where its director worked as a story artist on such films as Wall-E and Incredibles 2.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Arpino’s interest in popular culture, athletic technique, and unapologetic emotionalism has found a new audience in the post-Balanchine world.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Spinella shucks off sentimentality, always showing us Con’s offhand humor and sometimes nervous, defensive rambling.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • Anyone who has spoken at a funeral can appreciate the delicate balance of honesty and sentimentality in effect on Hold Onto Me Infinity, a pop album about grief.
    H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Elsewhere, an unnamed melodrama series will be directed by acclaimed filmmaker Rogério Gomes (aka Papinha) and produced by A Fábrica.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • Netflix announced a second melodrama last December, about the secrets and intrigues of an elite Rio de Janeiro family, created in partnership with Amaia Produções and Conspiração, with general direction by Mauro Mendonça Filho.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • There is also an important distinction between jealousy and envy, two emotions often used interchangeably but fundamentally different.
    Meehika Barua, Time, 29 May 2026
  • Over time, Strider has trained himself to separate the event from the emotion attached to it.
    Elise Devlin, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • These films explore those bonds without ever resorting to bromides or mawkishness.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Then things just unravel into a half-hour of thoroughly phony mawkishness.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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 4 Jun. 2026.

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