sentimentalism

sen·ti·men·tal·ism

noun \ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tə-ˌli-zəm\

Definition of SENTIMENTALISM

1

: the disposition to favor or indulge in sentimentality

2

: an excessively sentimental conception or statement

— sen·ti·men·tal·ist \-tə-list\ noun

Examples of SENTIMENTALISM

1. the sentimentalism of 19th-century art
2. <the novel's sentimentalism bored me>

First Known Use of SENTIMENTALISM

1817

Related to SENTIMENTALISM

Synonyms: bathos, gooeyness, lovey-doveyness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, saccharinity, sappiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soppiness, syrup (also sirup)

Related Words: emotion; sentiment; corn, corniness, hokeyness (or hokiness), schmaltz (also schmalz)

Near Antonyms: cynicism, hardheadedness, hard-heartedness

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Rhymes with SENTIMENTALISM

abolitionism, academicism, agrarianism, anthropomorphism, anti-Semitism, bicameralism, colloquialism, colonialism, constitutionalism, cosmopolitism, ecumenicism, exceptionalism, exhibitionism, existentialism, fundamentalism, Hegelianism, hermaphroditism, hyperrealism, imperialism, industrialism, instrumentalism, interventionism, irrationalism, isolationism, Malthusianism, Manichaeanism, materialism, millennialism, Monophysitism, multilingualism, neoclassicism, Neoplatonism, neorealism, Nestorianism, Occidentalism, orientalism, parochialism, Pelagianism, phenomenalism, photojournalism, pictorialism, Postimpressionism, professionalism, pseudoclassicism, reconstructionism, republicanism, Rosicrucianism, sacerdotalism, self-determinism, sadomasochism, sectarianism, sensationalism, spiritualism, Tractarianism, traditionalism, transcendentalism, ultramontanism, universalism, utopianism, vocationalism