Sentimentality
noun
noun ·6 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act or state of being sentimental.
"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."
- 2 falsely emotional in a maudlin way wordnet
- 3 extravagant or affected feeling or emotion wordnet
Example
More examples"We don't have time to indulge in sentimentality."
Etymology
From sentimental + -ity.
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