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/sˌɛntəmɛntˈælɪti/ /sˌɛnəmɛntˈælɪti/ Listen

Sentimentality

noun

Falsely emotional in a maudlin way. Synonyms: drippiness, mawkishness, mushiness, sloppiness, soupiness.

Extravagant or affected feeling or emotion.

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"Sentimentality" Quotes from Famous Books

... fiction. Above all other kinds of writing, fiction must win the heart of the reader. And this requires that the heart of the writer should be tender and sympathetic. Harsh critics call this quality sentiment, and even sentimentality. Dickens had it above all other writers, and it is probable that this popularity has never been surpassed. Scott succeeded by his splendid descriptions, but no one can deny that he was also one of the biggest hearted men in the world. And Thackeray, with all his reserve, ...

— The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language - Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric • Sherwin Cody

... of men. Then, indeed, woman may be freed—able to give expression to those creative ideas which are wrapped up with the elements of her nature. But women must beware of sham emotion and lachrymose sentimentality. It is her own feelings she must voice, not the feelings that have been supposed to belong to her. Then, indeed, the work of women will begin to count. The two things most peculiar to woman—her pursuing-love of ...

— The Truth About Woman • C. Gasquoine Hartley

... this exalted sentimentality with the stern logic of fact, and never misdirect or misapply it in any of our charitable work. Imperfect knowledge perverts the noblest sentiments; widened and perfected knowledge strengthens their ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 • Various

... she'll have to know sometime! I must say I cannot understand the way you've kept this dreadful thing from her. It's pure sentimentality. ...

— Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe - Three Plays By Brieux • Eugene Brieux

... barbarous state. The bitter truth is that motherhood, among the larger part of our population, does not rise to the level of the barbarous or the primitive. Conditions of life among the primitive tribes were rude enough and severe enough to prevent the unhealthy growth of sentimentality, and to discourage the irresponsible production of defective children. Moreover, there is ample evidence to indicate that even among the most primitive peoples the function of maternity was recognized as of primary and central importance ...

— The Pivot of Civilization • Margaret Sanger

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