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Sentimentality and Shmaltz Definitions

Sentimentality

The quality or condition of being sentimental, especially excessively or extravagantly so.

Shmaltz

(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music

Sentimentality

A sentimental idea or an expression of it.

Sentimentality

An act or state of being sentimental.

Sentimentality

The quality or state of being sentimental.
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Sentimentality

Falsely emotional in a maudlin way

Sentimentality

Extravagant or affected feeling or emotion

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