NOUN | communication | sentimentalism | the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form |
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attribute | sentimentalism | a predilection for sentimentality |
Meaning | The excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form. | |
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Narrower | treacle, mush, slop, glop | Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental |
Broader | formulation, expression | The style of expressing yourself |
Meaning | A predilection for sentimentality. | |
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Broader | mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness | falsely emotional in a maudlin way |
Spanish | sentimentalismo | |
Nouns | sentimentalist | someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality |
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