emotional intensity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofemotionalandintensity
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emotional
adjective
uk/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/us/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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intensity
noun
uk/ɪnˈten.sə.ti/us/ɪnˈten.sə.t̬i/
the quality of being felt strongly or having a very ...
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(Definition ofemotionalandintensityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofemotional intensity
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It was primarily designed to increase theemotionalintensityof the drama as seen.
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What he most valued was a capacity to expressemotionalintensityand range.
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Both forms of politics haveemotionalintensity, with emotions embedded in lo informal.
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Both are of equalemotionalintensity, and both of equal musical worth.
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However,emotionalintensityis not a useful tool for this purpose as each emotion can be more or less intense depending on the different circumstances.
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Typically, individuals with more moderate views do not feel them with the sameemotionalintensityand are less likely to expose them.
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The association ofemotionalintensitywith change causes the intensity to decrease steadily due to the transient nature of changes.
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Few activities require such a high level of physical virtuosity,emotionalintensityand intellectual analysis, all at the same time.
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Participants first rated blocks of words foremotionalintensity, pronounceability, and how much activity was inherent in the meaning of the word.
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Given this stressor of sufficient magnitude and, by definition,emotionalintensity, a cascade of psychological and neurobiological events are set in motion.
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In contrast, negativeemotionalintensitywas positively related to sympathy and personal distress.
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Experienced and rememberedemotionalintensityin older adults.
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Negativeemotionalintensitywas positively related to sympathy and personal distress, while attentional control was positively related to sympathy and perspective taking, and negatively related to personal distress.
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Then, as the melody gains inemotionalintensityand rhythmic momentum, the 'couleurs' change more frequently until, by the end, they are moving in rhythmic unison with it.
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The word "shall" is always dangerous in situations which are capable of considerable variety and difficulty and ofemotionalintensity.
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That is, a crowd changes its level ofemotionalintensityover time, and therefore be classed in any one of the four types.
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Coppola evokes theemotionalintensityof a one-night stand far from homebut what she really gets is the magic of movies.
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However, there are multiple definitions and interpretations that carry varying degrees ofemotionalintensity.
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It is almost always of greater musical andemotionalintensitythan the verse.
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