Wertherismn.
/ˈvəːtərɪz(ə)m/ Morbid sentimentality.
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Wertherism1831
1831 T. Carlyle Characteristics in Misc. Ess. (1872) IV. 26 Werterism, Byronism, even Brummelism, each has its day.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iii. 106 My German stopped At germane Wertherism.
1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life x. ii. 345 Goethe..cured himself very soon, and the author of ‘Werther’ had no indulgence for Wertherism.
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