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sentimentality

DEFINITIONS OF: sentimentality

1

n falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Synonyms:
drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sloppiness, soupiness
Types:
corn
something sentimental or trite
schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz
(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
sentimentalism
a predilection for sentimentality
Type of:
emotionalism, emotionality
emotional nature or quality

n extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

Types:
bathos, mawkishness
insincere pathos
Type of:
sentiment
tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
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