emotivenessn.
/ᵻˈməʊtᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈmoʊdɪvnᵻs/, /iˈmoʊdɪvnᵻs/ Emotional character, disposition, or behaviour.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [noun] > emotional character or temperament
emotiveness1837
emotional1838
emotionality1842
emotivity1850
1837 J. G. MacVicar On Beautiful i. 13 When the emotiveness of the mind diminishes..in consequence of an increase of knowledge..all the enjoyment of emotion remains.
1884 W. G. T. Shedd Serm. to Spiritual Man xv. 234 The ingenuous and beautiful emotiveness..disappears, and a cold, unemotional self-collectedness takes its place.
1914 E. Dimnet France herself Again 306 Its peculiar emotiveness hidden under polish.
1995 Billboard 6 May r6/2 We're hoping to hear the soulfulness, the emotiveness, that makes all the best music authentic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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