sentimentalism in English

noun
1
the excessive expression of feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia in behavior, writing, or speech.
the author blends realism with surrealism, journalism with sentimentalism

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1. Synonyms for Corniness include sentiment, sentimentality, sentimentalism, mawkishness, mush, sappiness, sloppiness, soppiness, schmaltz and emotionalism

2. He abhorred sterile polemics and was deeply distrustful in regards to fanaticism and sentimentalism.

3. 27 There is a ridiculous nature-boy sentimentalism that with increasing force is taking over.

4. Sensual and intelligent, Angelology is a terrifically clever thriller-more Eco than Brown, without the cloudy sentimentalism of New Age encomiums or Catholic treatises

5. The famous Elegy, Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray, the outstanding poet of English sentimentalism of the 18th century, is the perfection of the sentimental literature.

6. Complexity follows the colors he Astutely applies.: La complexité suit la trame des couleurs astucieusement appliquées.: The film deals strongly in emotion without falling into sentimentalism, and plays Astutely with symbols.: Le film parle beaucoup d'émotions sans tomber dans le sentimentalisme et joue astucieusement sur les symboles.: In particular, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has