emotionalism

emotionalism
Synonyms and related words:
abstraction, abulia, agitability, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, blood and thunder, catatonic stupor, combustibility, compulsion, dejection, demonstrativeness, depression, detachment, edginess, elation, emotional appeal, emotional instability, emotionality, emotionalization, emotionalizing, emotiveness, emotivity, eruptiveness, euphoria, excitability, excitableness, explosiveness, folie du doute, histrionics, human interest, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, indifference, inflammability, insensibility, irascibility, irritability, latent violence, lethargy, love interest, making scenes, mania, melancholia, melodrama, melodramatics, mental distress, nervousness, nonrationalness, obsession, pathological indecisiveness, perturbability, preoccupation, prickliness, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, sensationalism, sensitivity, skittishness, startlishness, stupor, tempestuousness, theatricality, theatrics, tic, touchiness, twitching, unreasoningness, unresponsiveness, violence, visceralness, withdrawal, yellow journalism

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  • Emotionalism — means an inclination to rely on or place too much value on emotion. It could be argued that very few, if any, thinkers would call themselves emotionalists , but rather that it would be a derogatory term applied to them, possibly for exhibiting a… …   Wikipedia

  • Emotionalism — E*mo tion*al*ism, n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emotionalism — [ē mō′shənəl iz΄əm, i mō′shənəl iz΄əm] n. 1. the tendency to be emotional or to show emotion quickly and easily 2. display of emotion 3. an appeal to emotion, esp. to sway an audience to some belief …   English World dictionary

  • emotionalism — /i moh sheuh nl iz euhm/, n. 1. excessively emotional character: the emotionalism of sentimental fiction. 2. strong or excessive appeal to the emotions: the emotionalism of patriotic propaganda. 3. a tendency to display or respond with undue… …   Universalium

  • emotionalism — emotional ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the emotions. 2) arousing or showing emotion. 3) easily affected by or readily displaying emotion. DERIVATIVES emotionalism noun emotionality noun emotionalize (also emotionalise) verb emot …   English terms dictionary

  • Emotionalism (The Avett Brothers album) — Infobox Album Name = Emotionalism Type = Album Longtype = Artist = The Avett Brothers |200px Cover size = Caption = Released = May 15, 2007 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Ramseur Records Producer = Reviews = *AbsolutePunk.net (83%)… …   Wikipedia

  • emotionalism — noun Date: 1865 1. a tendency to regard things emotionally 2. undue indulgence in or display of emotion …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • emotionalism — noun The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner. See Also: emotivism …   Wiktionary

  • emotionalism — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. emotion, hysteria, sentimentality, agitation; see emotion , excitement , sensationalism , sentimentality …   English dictionary for students

  • emotionalism — e|mo|tion|al|is|m [ıˈməuʃənəlızəm US ıˈmou ] n [U] a tendency to show or feel too much emotion …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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