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emotionalism

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e·mo·tion·al·ism  (-msh-n-lzm)
n.
1. The tendency to display emotion freely or to rely on or place too much value on emotion.
2. Undue display of emotion.

emotionalism [ɪˈməʊʃənəˌlɪzəm]
n
1. emotional nature, character, or quality
2. a tendency to yield readily to the emotions
3. an appeal to the emotions, esp an excessive appeal, as to an audience
4. (Philosophy) a doctrine stressing the value of deeply felt responses in ethics and the arts
emotionalist  n
emotionalistic  adj

emotionalism
an undue influence of feelings upon thought and behavior. — emotionalist, n.emotionalistic, adj.
See also: Attitudes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.emotionalism - emotional nature or quality
trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
drama - the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
demonstrativeness - tending to express your feelings freely
affectionateness, lovingness, fondness, warmth - a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
sentimentality, drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way
passion, warmth, heat - the trait of being intensely emotional
temperament - excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
excitableness, excitability, volatility - being easily excited
Translations
emotionalism [ɪˈməʊʃnəlɪzəm] Nemoción f, emotividad f (pej) → sentimentalismo m
emotionalism
nGefühlsbetontheit f, → Rührseligkeit f
emotionalism [ɪˈməʊʃnəlɪzm] n (pej) → sentimentalismo
emotionalism [ɪˈməʊʃnəlɪzm] n (pej) → sentimentalismo


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Anna's emotionalism infected Dolly, and when she embraced her sister-in-law for the last time, she whispered: "Remember, Anna, what you've done for me--I shall never forget.
As Buckle suggests in his "Influence of Women on the Progress of Knowledge", the scientific spirit of the investigator is both helped and supplemented by the latter's emotions and personality, and the divorce of all emotionalism and individual temperament from science is a fatal step towards sterility.
Two main traits include or suggest all the others: first, a vigorous but fitful emotionalism which rendered them vivacious, lovers of novelty, and brave, but ineffective in practical affairs; second, a somewhat fantastic but sincere and delicate sensitiveness to beauty.
 
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