sentimentalism

English

Etymology

sentimental + -ism

Noun

sentimentalism (countable and uncountable, plural sentimentalisms)

  1. A liking for sentimental things.
  2. An overly sentimental thing or condition; bathos or sentimentality.
  3. (philosophy) A view according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sentimentalisme. By surface analysis, sentimental + -ism.

Noun

sentimentalism n (plural sentimentalisme)

  1. sentimentalism

Declension

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