sentimentality
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tə noun, plural sen·ti·men·tal·i·ties.
1.
the quality or state of being sentimental or excessively sentimental.
2.
an instance of being sentimental.
3.
a sentimental act, gesture, expression, etc.
Related forms
o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·i·ty, noun
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| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the state, quality, or an instance of being sentimental |
| 2. | an act, statement, etc, that is sentimental |
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Example sentences
Her goal is to present her world as it looks today without the nostalgia and sentimentality attached to past times.
Frank says there is no place for sentimentality in life or art, but it bores its way in nevertheless.
Thought both episodes suffered from narrative slack, one note characterization and cheap, dime-store sentimentality.
Over and over, the movie flirts with sentimentality, then dances away from it.
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