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I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Meaning of "sentimentalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SENTIMENTALISM

sentimentalism  [ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENTIMENTALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sentimentalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SENTIMENTALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sentimentalism in the English dictionary

The definition of sentimentalism in the dictionary is the state or quality of being sentimental. Other definition of sentimentalism is an act, statement, etc, that is sentimental.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENTIMENTALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENTIMENTALISM

senti
sentience
sentiency
sentient
sentiently
sentiment
sentimental
sentimental value
sentimentalisation
sentimentalise
sentimentalist
sentimentalities
sentimentality
sentimentalization
sentimentalize
sentimentally
sentiments
sentimo
sentinel
sentinel animal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENTIMENTALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of sentimentalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sentimentalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENTIMENTALISM

Find out the translation of sentimentalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sentimentalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sentimentalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

殉情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sentimentalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

sentimentalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sentimentalism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاطفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сентиментализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sentimentalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাবালুতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sentimentalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sentimentalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sentimentalität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

センチメンタリズム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감상주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sentimentalisme
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sentimentalism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்ச்சிப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भावनात्मकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

duygusallığa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sentimentalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sentymentalizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сентименталізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sentimentalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συναισθηματισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sentimentaliteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sentimentalitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sentimentalism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sentimentalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTIMENTALISM»

The term «sentimentalism» is regularly used and occupies the 81.199 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENTIMENTALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sentimentalism

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QUOTES WITH «SENTIMENTALISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sentimentalism.
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Reinhold Niebuhr
I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENTIMENTALISM»

Discover the use of sentimentalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sentimentalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Moral Sentimentalism
There are signs that sentimentalist modes of thought are gaining new footholds on the way ethics is done, and this new book is very hopeful about these possibilities.
Michael Slote Professor of Philosophy University of Miami, 2009
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Sentimentalism, Ethics and the Culture of Feeling
Sentimentalism, Ethics and the Culture of Feeling defends feeling against customary distrust or condescension by showing that the 18th-century cult of sentiment, despite its sometimes surreal manifestations, has led to a positive culture of ...
Michael Bell, 2000
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Rake Sentimentalism, Or the Libertine Re-formed: ...
This dissertation constitutes a re-evaluation of the popular and critical understanding of eighteenth-century libertinage.
Bradley S. Reichek, 2008
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The Age of Reasons: Quixotism, Sentimentalism, and Political ...
This book raises our understanding of eighteenth-century British culture and its relation to the 'rational' culture of economics that is growing ever more prevasive today.
Wendy Motooka, 2013
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Sentimentalism in Nineteenth-Century America: Literary and ...
This collection also offers fresh perspectives on three esteemed authors not usually classified as sentimentalists--Sarah Piatt, Walt Whitman, and Henry James—thus demonstrating that sentimental topics and techniques informed ...
Mary G. De Jong, 2013
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Normative Sentimentalism and Animal Ethics
The purpose of this dissertation is to present what I think is a particularly compelling normative version of sentimentalism.
Monica L. Gerrek, 2007
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Radical Retreats: Sentimentalism, Separate Spheres, and the ...
By marking out a pattern of retreat in the works of American female writers---Fanny Fern, Elizabeth Stoddard, Jessie Fauset, and Dorothy Parker---who dramatize movement across social spaces, this dissertation characterizes mid-nineteenth ...
Jean Forst, 2009
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Twentieth-Century Sentimentalism: Narrative Appropriation in ...
Narrative Appropriation in American Literature Jennifer A. Williamson. family they belong when the impact of that choice is a perceived negation of masculinity and a potential risk to their lives. Contemporary sentimentalism is a powerful and ...
Jennifer A. Williamson, 2013
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A Gendered Collision: Sentimentalism and Modernism in ...
Parker was perceived as a marginal modernist at best, and a sentimentalist at worst.
Rhonda S. Pettit, 2000
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Towards the Romantic Age: Essays on Sentimental and ...
I. SENTIMENTALISM: THE CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND CHAPTER 1 A RUSSIAN SENTIMENTALIST : I. I. DMITRIEV The 1750's and 1760's in Russian literature saw the rise of the classicist movement and, simultaneously, the first attempts ...
R. Neuhauser, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENTIMENTALISM»

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The Saccharine 'Amazing Grace' Exemplifies Our National …
The Saccharine 'Amazing Grace' Exemplifies Our National Obsession With Sentimentalism. A A. Facebook · Twitter. More shares. recommend · reddit · email. 0. «Village Voice, Jul 15»
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The Swamp of Subjective Sentimentality
Sentimentalism is that frame of mind which is determined not by thought or logic or any kind of reasoning at all, but purely by emotion and personal feelings. «Patheos, Jun 15»
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Munayyer-Beinart debate revealed toothless sentimentalism of …
Could there be a better symbol for the toothless sentimentalism of liberal Zionism than this imagined “Nakba museum” – a museum that as Munayyer later ... «Mondoweiss, Jun 15»
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The Double-Edged Sword of Sentimentalism
This intuitional philosophy—often called emotivism or sentimentalism—has become the dominant philosophy in America today. As a consequence of this more ... «First Things, Jun 15»
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Bernie Sanders Is Officially Running for President — That Doesn't …
Bernie Sanders launched his campaign for president Thursday like only he could: briefly, bluntly, and without the sentimentalism and carefully coordinated ... «New York Magazine, Apr 15»
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AP McCoy insists there will be no room for sentimentalism when he …
AP McCoy made it clear on Friday that there is no chance of him becoming distracted by the contagious attack of sentimentalism predicted to break out at his ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Robert Lynd: In Defence of Pink
This cold and colourless sentimentalism none the less threatens the world like a slow and crawling Deluge.” As a pink humanitarian I read these words with a ... «New Statesman, Feb 15»
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Obama on Religion – Confusion and Sentimentalism
“Radical Islamists have no limits when it comes to destruction and the taking of human life. They are motivated by a religious doctrine which requires them to ... «Canada Free Press, Feb 15»
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Review: Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar' is Smart Sentimentalism as …
The result is a two-pronged blockbuster comprised of smarts and sentimentalism like nothing else out there — not perfect, but expertly crafted and wholly ... «Indie Wire, Oct 14»
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The Hokey Sentimentalism Of 'The Judge' At Least Has Robert …
The Hokey Sentimentalism Of 'The Judge' At Least Has Robert Downey, Jr. by Carman Tse in Arts & Entertainment on Oct 10, 2014 4:55 pm. «LAist, Oct 14»

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