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emotionalism definition

emo·tion·al·ism (-nəl iz′əm)

noun

  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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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