What does sentimentality mean?

Definitions for sentimentality
ˌsɛn tə mɛnˈtæl ɪ tisen·ti·men·tal·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppinessnoun

    falsely emotional in a maudlin way

  2. sentimentalitynoun

    extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

Wiktionary

  1. sentimentalitynoun

    An act of being sentimental.

ChatGPT

  1. sentimentality

    Sentimentality refers to the expression or display of deep emotions or feelings, particularly towards matters of love, tenderness, nostalgia, sorrow, or compassion. It is often associated with a strong sentimental response, sometimes seen as exaggerated, effusive, or overly emotional.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sentimentalitynoun

    the quality or state of being sentimental

  2. Etymology: [CF. F. sentimentalit.]

Wikidata

  1. Sentimentality

    Sentimentality originally indicated the reliance on feelings as a guide to truth, but current usage defines it as an appeal to shallow, uncomplicated emotions at the expense of reason. Sentimentalism in philosophy is a view in meta-ethics according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions. Sentimentalism in literature is both a device used to induce a tender emotional response disproportionate to the situation at hand, and a heightened reader response willing to invest previously prepared emotions to respond disproportionately to a literary situation. "A sentimentalist", Oscar Wilde wrote, "is one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it." In James Joyce's Ulysses, Stephen Dadalus sends Buck Mulligan a telegraph that reads "The sentimentalist is he who would enjoy without incurring the immense debtorship for a thing done." James Baldwin considered that 'Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel...the mask of cruelty'.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sentimentality in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sentimentality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sentimentality in a Sentence

  1. Bernstein Research analyst Trevor Stirling:

    Investors recognise that two organisations have different cultures but at the end of the day, really they're concerned about sustainable earnings growth, there's not much sentimentality when it comes to these things.

  2. Norman Mailer:

    Sentimentality is the emotional promiscuity of those who have no sentiment.

  3. Padraig Harrington:

    If I won it (Masters) and went back every year, I’d be happy to wave to the crowd, it is nice to be back, no doubt. It reminds me of my good performance at the PGA — I’m there by merit. It’s nice in that sense. But I’m not a guy into the sentimentality of it.

  4. William S. Burroughs:

    In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

  5. C. J. Jung:

    Sentimentality is a superstructure covering brutality.

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Translations for sentimentality

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  • Schmalz, Empfindsamkeit, Sentimentalität, Gefühlsseligkeit, RührseligkeitGerman
  • sentimentalecoEsperanto
  • sensiblerie, sentimentalitéFrench
  • szentimentalitás, érzelgősségHungarian
  • ಭಾವೋದ್ರೇಕKannada
  • sentimentalitateRomanian

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