demonstrativeness

We're just supposed to get on being normal and not alarm people with too much demonstrativeness.

614 - swings and round about Another Outspoken Female 2008

To say nothing of the effect that this newly discovered hyper-demonstrativeness has had on my mother.

Soup and Grapes Kirsty 2006

To say nothing of the effect that this newly discovered hyper-demonstrativeness has had on my mother.

Archive 2006-05-01 Kirsty 2006

It came to her now that in spite of all his enthusiasm and demonstrativeness in the first stages of this affair, possibly she was much more trivial in his estimation than she had seemed to herself.

An American Tragedy 2004

He had felt stiff and unnatural under this overdose of demonstrativeness.

Australia Felix 2003

They exchanged excuses and caresses with oriental demonstrativeness and verbosity.

Salammbo 2003

The host and hostess restrained themselves from demonstrativeness in parting with her; they were sparing of words, but lavish in little attentions for her comfort.

Mother 2003

But though I hated demonstrativeness, I still kept her by her hand; I looked tenderly into her eyes, and laughed softly and tenderly, and with my other hand stroked her dear face, her hollow cheeks.

A Raw Youth 2003

Lien, as he gave way to demonstrativeness; “what do I care about any other goddess!”

Hung Lou Meng 2003

So the two families packed their boys comfortably into a first-class compartment and stood around awkwardly, aching to weep and kiss and have something warming to remember, but stifled by their peculiar British mistrust of demonstrativeness.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977