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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca