Associations to the word «Sentimentalism»
Noun
- Romanticism
- Sensibility
- Hume
- Morality
- Mysticism
- Cant
- Realism
- Sentiment
- Ethic
- Satire
- Ethics
- Sympathy
- Emotion
- Rhetoric
- Moral
- Motive
- Feeling
- Imagination
- Pm
- Poetry
- Novel
- Slavery
- Literature
- Revolution
- Critic
- Philosophy
- Genre
- Horror
- Nature
- Sense
- Reader
- Passion
- Aspect
- Theory
- Reaction
- Distinction
- Fiction
- Religion
- Truth
- Author
- Criticism
- Love
- Liberty
- View
- Influence
- Sort
- Culture
- Character
- Reality
- Idea
- Object
- Century
- Reason
- Principle
Adjective
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Wiktionary
SENTIMENTALISM, noun. A liking for sentimental things
SENTIMENTALISM, noun. An overly sentimental thing or condition; bathos or sentimentality
SENTIMENTALISM, noun. (philosophy) A view according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions.
Dictionary definition
SENTIMENTALISM, noun. The excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form.
SENTIMENTALISM, noun. A predilection for sentimentality.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.