Associations to the word «Sentimentalism»

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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King