Emotiveness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being emotive uncountable

    "This happened a lot, beginning with a lounge-ready take on “It Might as Well Be Spring” and ending with a travesty of R&B emotiveness on Percy Mayfield’s “Please Send Me Someone to Love.”"

Example

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"This happened a lot, beginning with a lounge-ready take on “It Might as Well Be Spring” and ending with a travesty of R&B emotiveness on Percy Mayfield’s “Please Send Me Someone to Love.”"

Etymology

From emotive + -ness.

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