sentimentality — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An act or state of being sentimental.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.

2. Synonym of Empfindsamkeit.

   Usage

   • Historical
   • Uncountable

Noun

1. falsely emotional in a maudlin way

   Synonyms

   mawkishnessdrippinessmushinesssoupinesssloppiness

   Broader terms

   emotionalityemotionalism

2. extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

   Broader terms

   sentiment