sentimentality
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sentimentality
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From sentimental + -ity. The music sense is a calque of German Empfindsamkeit.
noun sentimentalities
- An act or state of being sentimental. Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.
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Synonym of Empfindsamkeit.
Similar: Empfindsamkeit
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noun act of being sentimental
| Español | sentimentalidad |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | भावुकता bhāvuktā |
| Français | sentimentalité, sensiblerie |
| Deutsch | Sentimentalität, Schmalz, Empfindsamkeit, Gefühlsseligkeit, Rührseligkeit |
| Română | sentimentalitate |
| Русский | сентимента́льность sentimentálʹnostʹ |
Talk about this word "sentimentality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sentimentality. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sentimentality. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sentimentality "sentimentality." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sentimentality.Cite this
@misc{sentimentality_2026,
title = {sentimentality},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sentimentality},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
