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sentimentality
noun sen·ti·men·tal·i·ty \ˌsen-tə-ˌmen-ˈta-lə-tē, -mən-\
: the quality of being sentimental especially in an excessive way
plural sen·ti·men·tal·i·ties
Full Definition of SENTIMENTALITY
1
: the quality or state of being sentimental especially to excess or in affectation
2
: a sentimental idea or its expression
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First Known Use of SENTIMENTALITY
1770
Related to SENTIMENTALITY
- Synonyms
- bathos, gooeyness, lovey-doveyness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, saccharinity, sappiness, sentimentalism, sloppiness, soppiness, syrup (also sirup)
Rhymes with SENTIMENTALITY
asexuality, bisexuality, bunker mentality, collegiality, colloquiality, commerciality, conceptuality, conditionality, congeniality, connaturality, connubiality, conventionality, conviviality, corporeality, dimensionality, directionality, effectuality, emotionality, essentiality, eventuality, exceptionality, extensionality, grammaticality, horizontality, illogicality, impartiality, impersonality, impracticality, inhospitality, instrumentality, intentionality, irrationality, monumentality, municipality, originality, pansexuality, paranormality, polytonality, potentiality, proportionality, provinciality, spirituality, split personality, substantiality, supernormality, theatricality, universality
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