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sentimentality

Pronunciation:  `sentumen'talitee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  falsely emotional in a maudlin way
  2. [n]  extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
 
 Synonyms: mawkishness
 
 See Also: bathos, emotionalism, emotionality, mawkishness, mushiness, schmaltz, schmalz, sentiment

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sen`ti*men*tal"i*ty\, n. [CF. F.
sentimentalit['e].]
The quality or state of being sentimental.

 

 

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