emotionalism
/ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
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- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/
- British English: /ɪˈməʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/