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noun
A liking for sentimental things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An overly sentimental thing or condition; bathos or sentimentality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A view according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
a predilection for sentimentality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness
noun
the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: formulation, expression
Narrower terms: treacle, mush, slop, glop
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sentimentalism From sentimental + -ism.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
