emotionalism
noun
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Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ / /ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ / /iˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English emotionalism From emotional + -ism.
- An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics.
“to infuse into Judaism new vision, or rather to re-awaken the dormant emotionalism and mystic strain”
“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 […].”