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emotionalism

[ih-moh-shuh-nl-iz-uhm] / ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nlˈɪz əm /


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Reagan’s statements were similar to JFK’s in that they were rhetorically disciplined—no breast beating, no emotionalism, just the facts.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

His two originals, “Cleopatra” and especially “Lucy & Dixie,” have the all-caps emotionalism of the local post-rock veterans Explosions in the Sky.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2024

A love story and a ghost story, it marries sly conceptual daring and fearless emotionalism with masterly assurance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2023

It is based not just on extreme authority and emotionalism, but a cultivation and worship of the Irrational.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2023

However few people can successfully demonstrate a principle in common ethics when their deliberation is festered with emotionalism.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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