as in sentimentality
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)
the lovey-doveyness of the wedding vows, personally written by the couple, had me rolling my eyes
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Noun
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Yet sentimentality had little place in how Holtz ran the Notre Dame program.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026 -
The tragedy is so unobstructed and there’s no wash of sentimentality over it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Academy historically goes for sentimentalism.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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McBride is less interested in exploring another motivation for saving locks of hair: the particular sentimentalism that made people cherish the hair of loved ones, especially those who had died, or of honored forebears.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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“Lovey-doveyness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lovey-doveyness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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