sentimentality Definition
sen·ti·men·tal·ity (sen′tə men tal′ə tē)
noun
- the quality or condition of being sentimental, esp. in a superficial or maudlin way
- pl. -·ties any expression of this
sentimentality Synonyms
sentimentality
n.
sentimentality Usage Examples
Preposition: about
death: Sentimentality about death has become a new ideology for justifying social inequality and exploitation.
Converse of object
- cloy: Boult conducts this with his customary care, presenting the long lines with a direct approach that avoids any hint of cloying sentimentality.
- avoid: It should avoid sentimentality, the awkward, gauche handling of emotion.
- misplace: It was a very sentimental film, much along the lines of Whiskey Galore, with justified, and not misplaced, sentimentality.
- have: We had the horribly contrived sentimentality particularly in his references to children.
- associate: The movie boasts some terrific special effects and a departure from the usual sentimentality associated with some of Spielberg's recent cinematic adventures.
- let: You will be aware of other people's needs, but don't let sentimentality pull you into being too generous.
Adjective modifier
- mawkish: But maybe the program's greatest achievement was avoiding mawkish sentimentality.
- such: The consequences of such sentimentality are beginning to make themselves known, notably in the problem of migration.
- certain: The localism of her political consciousness risks a certain sentimentality.
- sickly: I know, a song about a young child that doesn't stick in the throat or drown in sickly sentimentality.
- sweet: It can be played successfully for knockabout farce, sweet sentimentality or dark irony.
- false: Much of the misconceptions surrounding this issued were due to misinformation and false sentimentality, she added.
Preposition: with
quot: Quot means quot also the title sentimentality with the usa quot where.
Preposition: in
california: Book's title is form of sentimentality in california has you know is.
Browse dictionary entries near sentimentality
- ‹ sentimentalism
- ‹ sentimental
- ‹ sentiment indicators
- ‹ sentiment
- ‹ sentient
- ‹ sentience
- ‹ sententious
- ‹ sentential function
- ‹ sentence stress
- ‹ sentence
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