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单词 sentimentality
释义 sen·ti·men·tal·i·ty
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌmen.ˈtaləd.ē, -_mən.ˈ-, -lətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: sentimental (I) + -ity
1. : the quality or state of being sentimental especially to excess or in affectation
 < what was respected as honest sentiment is branded as sentimentality, and mocked at, when the emotion which sustained it no longer exists — John Mason Brown >
 < the indulgence in sentiment that sometimes passes into sentimentality — N.F.Adkins >
 < the same objectivity, ruthlessness, and lack of any sentimentality — Harrison Smith >
 < culminated in the vapid sentimentality of a good deal of English romanticism and its steadily more mawkish offshoots — Joseph Frank >
2. : a sentimental idea or its expression
 < is a regular American with sentimentalities that are supposed to be sentiments — J.T.Farrell >
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