Meanings
nounemotionalism (countable and uncountable, plural emotionalisms)
plural emotionalisms
- countableuncountableAn emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics.First known use 19th c.
to infuse into Judaism new vision, or rather to re-awaken the dormant emotionalism and mystic strain
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 4121 more example
Yet once the emotionalism of those ‘great gusts of words’ had been flensed, the flesh and bones of the programme looked disappointingly like the mixture as before […].
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 304
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinēmoveō
- Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
- Old Frenchesmovoir
- Middle Frenchesmouvoir
- Middle Frenchemotion
- Englishemotion
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishemotional
- Englishemotionalism
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APA
emotionalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalism
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“emotionalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotionalism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalism.
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