Sentimentality
[,sentɪmen'tælɪtɪ] or [,sɛntɪmɛn'tæləti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sentimental.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sentimentalism.
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Examples
- A beggar, by Jove, and all in consequence of my d--d sentimentality. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It isn't sentimentality which says that where there is no vision the people perisheth. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And here he startled and disconcerted his hearers by a gleam of something approaching sentimentality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And Rebecca, as we have said, wisely determined not to give way to unavailing sentimentality on her husband's departure. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They held many aversions too in common, and could have the comfort of laughing together over works of false sentimentality and pompous pretension. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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