Dictionary Definition
sentimentalism
Noun
1 a sentimental expression or idea
2 a predilection for sentimentality
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A liking for sentimental things
- An overly sentimental thing or condition; bathos or sentimentality
Extensive Definition
Sentimentalism is used in different ways:
- Sentimentalism (philosophy) - a theory in moral epistemology concerning how one knows moral truths (also known as moral sense theory)
- Sentimentalism (literature) - a form of literary discourse