sentimentalism

🇬🇧 UK/,senti'mentəlizəm/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A tendency toward excessive or self-indulgent expression of tender feelings or nostalgia.

感伤主义;过分感情用事

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
sentimentroot
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alrelating to, having the nature of
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ismdoctrine, belief, practice
=sentimentalism

Common Collocations

  • 1.cheap sentimentalism廉价的煽情
  • 2.[Victorian sentimentalism]维多利亚式感伤主义
  • 3.[wallow in sentimentalism]沉溺于感伤情绪
  • 4.resist sentimentalism抵制感情用事

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The novel was criticized for its sentimentalism rather than honest emotional depth.

  • 2.

    Effective policy-making requires pragmatism, not sentimentalism.

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