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sentimentality Definition

sen·ti·men·tal·ity (sen′tə men talə tē)

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being sentimental, esp. in a superficial or maudlin way
  2. pl. -·ties any expression of this

sentimentality Synonyms

sentimentality

n.

sentimentalism, sentiment, melodramatics, bathos, melodrama, maudlinness, triteness, mawkishness, emotionalness, mushiness*, gushiness*; see also emotion, romance 1.

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.