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There’s this myth in wide circulation: rational, emotionless Vulcans in white coats, plumbing the secrets of the universe, their Scientific Methods unsullied by bias or emotionalism.
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Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
Darren Aronofsky’s adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play is a murky-looking, claustrophobic exercise in emotionalism at its most trite and ostentatiously maudlin.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
My advice to those relatively few Twitter users who produce all its high-quality content: Put aside emotionalism.
—WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
Infused with Waititi’s brand of humor, the show is balanced with deep emotionalism.
—Scott Huver, Variety, 14 June 2022
There’s a kind of opening for women there, with that emotionalism.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2022
No plan ever works perfectly, but setting such standards is the only way that policy makers can resist emotionalism on one side and wishful thinking on the other.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
No amount of emphatic emotionalism, heroic grandstanding, or Instagrammable, earthbound beauty can distract from this fact.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2021
Sometimes his fluttery trills, when combined with lyrics extolling his own sensitivity and emotionalism, are just too much.
—Mark Richardson, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2021
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Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
Darren Aronofsky’s adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s play is a murky-looking, claustrophobic exercise in emotionalism at its most trite and ostentatiously maudlin.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
My advice to those relatively few Twitter users who produce all its high-quality content: Put aside emotionalism.
—WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
Infused with Waititi’s brand of humor, the show is balanced with deep emotionalism.
—Scott Huver, Variety, 14 June 2022
There’s a kind of opening for women there, with that emotionalism.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2022
No plan ever works perfectly, but setting such standards is the only way that policy makers can resist emotionalism on one side and wishful thinking on the other.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
No amount of emphatic emotionalism, heroic grandstanding, or Instagrammable, earthbound beauty can distract from this fact.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2021
Sometimes his fluttery trills, when combined with lyrics extolling his own sensitivity and emotionalism, are just too much.
—Mark Richardson, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Emotionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emotionalism. Accessed 2 Feb. 2023.
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