the sentimentalism of 19th-century art
the novel's sentimentalism bored me
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1817
mawkishness, mush, mushiness, sappiness, sentimentality, sloppiness;
: a tendency to have or express feelings of love, sadness, etc., especially in a way that seems foolish or excessive : a sentimental quality
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