emotiveness
Showing strong feelings
Emotiveness is the quality of expressing or evoking emotion.
The term appears in discussions of rhetoric, art, and communication, describing how strongly something appeals to feelings rather than reason: The emotiveness of her speech moved the audience to tears.
A related but distinct word, emotivity, carries similar meaning but sees less use.
Felt attitude or view
- affectivityCapacity for feeling
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- empathySharing another's emotions
sympathy · melancholy · joy · sadness · happiness · sorrow · grief · tenderness
Persuasive verbal grace
- articulationClear vocal expression
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
vocalization · theatricality · dramatization · gesticulation · inflection · intonation · declamation · demonstrativeness
Forceful emotional passion
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
- passionIntense emotional drive
zeal · vigor · fire · heat · burning · ferocity · fierceness · rawness
Piercing emotional quality
- evocativenessPower to stir feelings
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- movingEmotionally affecting
- touchingEvoking gentle emotion
affecting · provocativeness · persuasiveness · impact · power · pull · grip · charge
Willingness to accept ideas
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
delicacy · softness · openness · rawness · impressionability · responsiveness · perceptiveness · awareness
sentiment
Felt attitude or view
- affectivityCapacity for feeling
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
empathy · sympathy · melancholy · joy · sadness · happiness · sorrow · grief · tenderness · wistfulness
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- articulationClear vocal expression
- expressivenessAbility to convey emotion
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
oratory · vocalization · theatricality · dramatization · gesticulation · inflection · intonation · declamation · demonstrativeness · animation
vehemence
Forceful emotional passion
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- forcefulnessPowerful assertive quality
passion · zeal · vigor · fire · heat · burning · ferocity · fierceness · rawness · depth
poignancy
Piercing emotional quality
- evocativenessPower to stir feelings
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- movingEmotionally affecting
touching · affecting · provocativeness · persuasiveness · impact · power · pull · grip · charge · weight
receptivity
Willingness to accept ideas
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
attunement · delicacy · softness · openness · rawness · impressionability · responsiveness · perceptiveness · awareness · touchiness
emotivenessstoicism
Uncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
impassivity · emotional restraint · coldness · detachment · reserve
emotivenessobjectivity
Freedom from personal bias
dispassionateness · matter-of-factness · dryness · neutrality · impartiality
emotivenessrationality
Sound judgment quality
dispassion · objectivity · level-headedness · matter-of-factness · clear-headedness
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