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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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Alex Foxworth Alex Foxworth, originally from Greensboro, N.C., infuses her designs with sentimentality and appreciation for her family lineage.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 July 2025
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Private equity moving into professional sports conjures the same fears of merciless efficiency in an industry driven by sentimentality, but Arougheti brushes off the concerns, arguing that institutional capital will increase profitability and allow owners to invest more in their teams.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
21 July 2025
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The delight of it, the source of its generous dollops of camp melodrama, comes from its ability to convince you that maybe, just maybe, this will be the thing that finally overturns the apple cart.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
14 July 2025
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Relief because the months-long melodrama over the suit appears to be over (though there are still some big loose ends that need to be tied).—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2025
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In showcasing everything from Norman Rockwell to Charles Schulz, Lucas’s idea is to tap into human emotions/connections in response to this visual storytelling.—
Tiffany Leigh,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The second season hits Aug. 21, and a new Comic-Con trailer gave us a look at the show's humor, insanity and, yes, even some emotion – all set to a lot of catchy sleaze metal.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 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 4 Aug. 2025.
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