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Meaning: Insincere pathos Classified under: Nouns denoting feelings and emotions Synonyms: mawkishness; bathos Hypernyms ("mawkishness" is a kind of...): sentimentality (extravagant or affected feeling or emotion)
Meaning: Falsely emotional in a maudlin way Classified under: Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects Synonyms: sentimentality; drippiness; mawkishness; mushiness; soupiness; sloppiness Hypernyms ("mawkishness" is a kind of...): emotionalism; emotionality (emotional nature or quality) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mawkishness"): corn (something sentimental or trite) schmaltz; schmalz; shmaltz ((Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music) sentimentalism (a predilection for sentimentality) "Empty barrels make the most sound." (English proverb) "Good fences make good neighbors." (Robert Frost) "The ideal phrase is that which is short and to the point." (Arabic proverb) "As you make your bed, so you must lie in it." (Czech proverb) Useful links: Meaning of sentimentality Definition of emotionalism Pronunciation of schmaltz Definition of sentimentalism Definition of shmaltz
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