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SENTIMENTALISM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sentimentalism mean? 

SENTIMENTALISM (noun)
  The noun SENTIMENTALISM has 2 senses:

1. a sentimental expression or idea
2. a predilection for sentimentality

  Familiarity information: SENTIMENTALISM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SENTIMENTALISM (noun)


Sense 1sentimentalism [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A sentimental expression or idea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sentimentalism" is a kind of...):

expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sentimentalism"):

mush; slop; treacle (an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental)


Sense 2sentimentalism [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A predilection for sentimentality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sentimentalism" is a kind of...):

drippiness; mawkishness; mushiness; sentimentality; sloppiness; soupiness (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)


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