Definition of Sentimentalization

1. Noun. The act of indulging in sentiment.


Definition of Sentimentalization

1. Noun. (nonstandard) The act of giving a sentimental feeling for something. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sentimentalization

sentimentalisation
sentimentalisations
sentimentalise
sentimentalised
sentimentaliser
sentimentalisers
sentimentalises
sentimentalising
sentimentalism
sentimentalisms
sentimentalist
sentimentalistic
sentimentalists
sentimentalities
sentimentality
sentimentalization (current term)
sentimentalizations
sentimentalize
sentimentalized
sentimentalizer
sentimentalizers
sentimentalizes
sentimentalizing
sentimentally
sentimentise
sentimentize
sentiments
sentimo
sentimos
sentinel

Literary usage of Sentimentalization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories by Blanche Colton Williams, Harry Hansen, Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.), Herschel Brickell (1921)
"She had not come here to encourage sentimentalization. With a determined effort she lifted her mind outside the circle of commiseration which threatened to ..."

2. The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1906)
"... and of how it should be said, should be specially marked out for sentimentalization and degradation at the hands of performers too dull to divine their ..."

3. The Influence of Beaumont and Fletcher on Shakspere by Ashley Horace Thorndike (1901)
"Moreover, even the intense sentimentalization does not produce consistency. The girl who makes some very spirited replies to her father when he interrupts ..."

4. Character and Temperament by Joseph Jastrow (1915)
"If capable of such affiliation, they attain it; the sentimentalization may be more or less explicit, may be more or less encouraged by the environment, ..."

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