Meaning & use
Viscerality
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The quality of being visceral; the property of evoking a deep, instinctive, gut-level emotional response rather than a rational one.
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Critics praised the film's viscerality, noting how it made the violence feel disturbingly real.
The exhibit's raw viscerality left several visitors visibly shaken.
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A relatively modern abstract noun built from 'visceral,' favored in art criticism and academic writing about emotion and the body.
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