Sentimentality
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sentimentality is a noun meaning An act or state of being sentimental.
Meaning
An act or state of being sentimental.
Example Sentences
Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.
Word Forms
- sentimentalities
Synonyms for sentimentality
Depending on context, synonyms include mawkishness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mawkishness, mawkish, bunch, sentimentalization, sentimentalism, sentiment.
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