English Explanatory Dictionary

sentimentalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A liking for sentimental things.
  2. An overly sentimental thing or condition; bathos or sentimentality.
  3. A view according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-sentimentalism.wav

Word forms

sentimentalism sentimentalisms

Etymology

From sentimental + -ism.

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