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Recent Examples of emotionality
Her theatricality, emotionality, romanticism, and understanding of the human condition led her to writing original songs for motion pictures.
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Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
If the past 50 years of scores were all about boundless emotionality, these newer scores are pulsing and discordant — closer to Steve Reich or Karlheinz Stockhausen than European Romantic composers like Beethoven or first-generation Americans like Leonard Bernstein.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
As a writer, however, Ryan wants to keep a balance between her characters’ passion and emotionality.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
That is, not only does emotionality sell goods, but emotions themselves have also become commodities.
—Maytal Eyal, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025
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Carrie Wittmer, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
If the past 50 years of scores were all about boundless emotionality, these newer scores are pulsing and discordant — closer to Steve Reich or Karlheinz Stockhausen than European Romantic composers like Beethoven or first-generation Americans like Leonard Bernstein.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
As a writer, however, Ryan wants to keep a balance between her characters’ passion and emotionality.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
That is, not only does emotionality sell goods, but emotions themselves have also become commodities.
—Maytal Eyal, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
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McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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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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The Sun in Cancer and Moon in Taurus speak to the film's emotional depth, humor, and sentimentality.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The jewelry company and Mattel brand embrace nostalgia and sentimentality, with new charms, jewelry pieces and more in the collaborative collection launching on Monday via Alex and Ani’s official website.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
14 July 2025
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This is the stuff of old-as-the-hills melodrama, as a vulnerable youngster is caught between good and, well, less good life paths.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
12 July 2025
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The backstage melodrama, the rehearsal montages, the glittering audition sequences didn’t start with disco.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
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Each timepiece and every game tells a story of strategy, precision and emotion.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
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Naturally, the release of those chemicals follows the completion of a race, which can lead to an outpouring of emotions for those who exert themselves during a marathon, Consuelos said.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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