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单词 sentimentality
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Definition of sentimentality in English:

sentimentality

nounPlural sentimentalities ˌsɛntɪmɛnˈtalɪtiˌsɛn(t)əmənˈtælədi
mass noun
  • Exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

    there are passages which verge on sentimentality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The director lights up the screen with genuine emotions, minus sentimentality.
    • There are letters from home too so we can have shots of mawkish sentimentality and tears.
    • There is no sentimentality in the French view of the countryside.
    • He has great sensitivity and understanding but no sentimentality.
    • I think all my books are embarrassingly awash with sentimentality and emotion.
    • This is a show that, despite its bygone English rural setting, is without nostalgia or sentimentality.
    • The danger here is that emotion and sentimentality are likely to get in the way of common sense and reality.
    • Yet none of that prevented the rest of the country from indulging in a huge celebration of royalism and rampant sentimentality.
    • But what I have just attempted very briefly to articulate is not mere sentimentality.
    • I don't go for over-much sentimentality when the animals I've loved have reached the end of their journey.
    • I wish people would stop mistaking sentimentality for serious emotion.
    • It was aimed at the middle classes of Victorian London; designed to appeal to their appetite for sentimentality.
    • The company is a lean, slick, international operation with little room for sentimentality.
    • Derided for his sentimentality and the mechanical precision of his work, his standing has gradually declined.
    • There is no sentimentality in his sympathy for his characters.
    • Her ability to capture sentiment without sentimentality was the mark of a true artist.
    • Life today is guided not by logic and reason but rather by emotion, fear and sentimentality.
    • There is no sentimentality about his description of those days.
    • It contains strong elements of sentimentality and a longing for the past.
    • He was never macho, but he also never gave in to sentimentality.
    Synonyms
    mawkishness, over-sentimentality, sentimentalism, emotionalism, overemotionalism
    nostalgia, pathos
    romanticism
    kitsch
    British tweeness
    informal schmaltz, mush, slush, sob stuff, slushiness, sloppiness, slop, corn, corniness, hokum, cheese
    British informal soppiness
    North American informal sappiness, hokeyness
 
 

Definition of sentimentality in US English:

sentimentality

nounˌsɛn(t)əmənˈtælədiˌsen(t)əmənˈtalədē
  • Excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.

    there are passages which verge on sentimentality
    sentimentalities of this kind seem reserved, in her, for people she does not know
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The danger here is that emotion and sentimentality are likely to get in the way of common sense and reality.
    • There is no sentimentality about his description of those days.
    • I think all my books are embarrassingly awash with sentimentality and emotion.
    • I wish people would stop mistaking sentimentality for serious emotion.
    • He has great sensitivity and understanding but no sentimentality.
    • There are letters from home too so we can have shots of mawkish sentimentality and tears.
    • There is no sentimentality in his sympathy for his characters.
    • Her ability to capture sentiment without sentimentality was the mark of a true artist.
    • He was never macho, but he also never gave in to sentimentality.
    • This is a show that, despite its bygone English rural setting, is without nostalgia or sentimentality.
    • The company is a lean, slick, international operation with little room for sentimentality.
    • I don't go for over-much sentimentality when the animals I've loved have reached the end of their journey.
    • It was aimed at the middle classes of Victorian London; designed to appeal to their appetite for sentimentality.
    • Yet none of that prevented the rest of the country from indulging in a huge celebration of royalism and rampant sentimentality.
    • The director lights up the screen with genuine emotions, minus sentimentality.
    • There is no sentimentality in the French view of the countryside.
    • Life today is guided not by logic and reason but rather by emotion, fear and sentimentality.
    • Derided for his sentimentality and the mechanical precision of his work, his standing has gradually declined.
    • But what I have just attempted very briefly to articulate is not mere sentimentality.
    • It contains strong elements of sentimentality and a longing for the past.
    Synonyms
    mawkishness, over-sentimentality, sentimentalism, emotionalism, overemotionalism
 
 
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