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emotionalist

noun

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as in sentimentalist

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  1. sentimentalist
  2. romantic
  3. idealist
  4. dreamer
  5. ideologue
  6. Don Quixote
Noun
  • That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of sentimentalist
Noun
  • Sorry to all the hopeless romantics, but the answer is TAP-DANCED.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of romantic
Noun
  • At its core, Dark Matter is a series about the folly and hubris of humankind, even when — nay, especially when — idealists have the power to achieve transformative change.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Fairness With Conditions Schulz is careful not to present himself as an idealist.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of idealist
Noun
  • Among its most memorable attractions is a historic railroad that once carried artists and archaeologists, dreamers and scientists, some of whom traveled on the train incognito before participating in the top-secret Manhattan Project.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Holbrook sisters are undersocialized and inexperienced with the world, and Herzog sees them as figures out of a fable, dreamers who talk incessantly about love and seem connected to the elemental and the ancient.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dreamer
Noun
  • That silence has enabled grifting racial ideologues like Le Batard to make such claims with increasing regularity.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Some are ideologues such as Bannon and Beattie, people who believe that Western civilization is being destroyed by racial diversity, secularism, and the commitment to human rights.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ideologue
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  • Some of the building’s 22 existing murals could be removed as part of the changes, potentially including one depicting Don Quixote.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote — films that traded for decades on the mystique of never quite existing.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of Don Quixote
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“Emotionalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionalist. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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