emotionalism
/ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/noun
emotionalism is spelled E-M-O-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M: 12 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, emotionalism means “An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emotionalism is emotionalisms.
How many letters and syllables are in emotionalism?
| Letters | 12: E-M-O-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is emotionalism?
Emotionalism appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce emotionalism?
- UK /ɪˈməʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/
- US /ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/
- US /iˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/
Emotionalism has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-emotionalism.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Gt59514-emotionalism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of emotionalism
- emotionalisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emotionalism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).