sentimentalism

sen·ti·men·tal·ism

 (sĕn′tə-mĕn′tl-ĭz′əm)

n.

1. A predilection for the sentimental.

2. An idea or expression marked by excessive sentiment.

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sen′ti·men′tal·ist n.

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sentimentalism

(ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm)

n

1. the state or quality of being sentimental

2. an act, statement, etc, that is sentimental

ˌsentiˈmentalist n

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sen•ti•men•tal•ism

(ˌsɛn təˈmɛn tlˌɪz əm)

n.

sentimental character or display.

[1810–20]

sen`ti•men′tal•ist, n.

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sentimentalism

an excessive indulgence in sentiment or emotionalism, predominance of feeling over reason and intellect, as the death scene of Little Nell in Dickens’s Old Curiosity Shop. — sentimentalist, n.

See also: Literary Style

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sentimentalism - the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form glop, treacle, mush, slop - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental formulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
	2.	sentimentalism - a predilection for sentimentality sentimentality, drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness - falsely emotional in a maudlin way

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sentimentalism

noun

The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional:

bathos, maudlinism, mawkishness, sentimentality.

Informal: mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness.

Slang: sappiness.

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Translations

sentimentalism

[ˌsentɪˈmentəlɪzəm] N → sentimentalismo m

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sentimentalism

n → Sentimentalität f

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