Noun: sentimentalism ,sen-ti'men-tu,li-zum
- The excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
"The movie's sentimentalism about small-town life was too saccharine for some viewers"
- A predilection for sentimentality
"His sentimentalism led him to tear up at every sad story"
Derived forms: sentimentalisms
Type of: drippiness, expression, formulation, mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness
Encyclopedia: Sentimentalism