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单词 sentimentality
释义

sentimentality

/ˌsɛntɪmɛnˈtalɪti /
noun (plural sentimentalities) [mass noun]
Exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia: there are passages which verge on sentimentality...
  • This is a show that, despite its bygone English rural setting, is without nostalgia or sentimentality.
  • I wish people would stop mistaking sentimentality for serious emotion.
  • The director lights up the screen with genuine emotions, minus sentimentality.

Synonyms

mawkishness, over-sentimentality, sentimentalism, emotionalism, overemotionalism;
nostalgia, pathos;
romanticism;
kitsch;
British tweeness
informal schmaltz, mush, slush, sob stuff, slushiness, sloppiness, slop, corn, corniness, hokum, cheese
British informal soppiness
North American informal sappiness, hokeyness
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