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[ sen-tuh-men-tal-i-tee ] / ˌsɛn tə mɛnˈtæl ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sentimentality ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural sen·ti·men·tal·i·ties.the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental. an instance of being sentimental. a sentimental act, gesture, expression, etc. Origin of sentimentalityFirst recorded in 1760–70; sentimental + -ity synonym study for sentimentalitySee sentiment. OTHER WORDS FROM sentimentalityo·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·i·ty, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sentimentalitysentiment, sentimentality (see synonym study at sentiment)Words nearby sentimentalitysentient, sentiment, sentimental, sentimentalism, sentimentalist, sentimentality, sentimentalize, sentimental value, sentinel, sentinel animal, sentinel gland Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sentimentalityHe once told me that he hated AIDS films because of the sentimentality. The Queer Genius of Film Director Derek Jarman|Tim Teeman|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST “I have a horror of hysterics or sentimentality,” he explained. The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics|Michael Wolraich|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST I have come to this conclusion: if “sentimentality” is lazy emotion, then the term itself is lazy criticism. Boys Don’t Cry: In Praise of Sentiment|Andrew Sean Greer|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST If sentimentality is a literary sin, surely it cannot be the only sin. Boys Don’t Cry: In Praise of Sentiment|Andrew Sean Greer|June 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He wanted to eliminate any sentimentality in the scene and let the sheer power of the language speak for itself. Rebecca Miller on Broadway’s ‘Death of a Salesman’ Revival|Rebecca Miller|June 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST You may call it sentimentality or any other nickname you like. The Woman in Black|Edmund Clerihew Bentley With her meals her sentimentality was upon the friendliest terms. Once Aboard The Lugger|Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson Madame liked flowers—as ornaments—and was sentimental herself, after a fashion, a sentimentality of appearances. Six to Sixteen|Juliana Horatia Ewing Mr. Mosby was sent on his way with all due convention and dispatch with a little of sentimentality thrown in for good measure. Her sentimentality gradually waned as the prices offered steadily mounted. The Unwilling Vestal|Edward Lucas White
British Dictionary definitions for sentimentality
noun plural -tiesthe state, quality, or an instance of being sentimental an act, statement, etc, that is sentimental Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sentimentalitynostalgia, melodrama, hokum, sentiment, mushiness, reminiscence, mawkishness, bathos, triteness, schmaltz, melodramatics, gushiness, maudlinness |