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Definition of Sentimentalisation
1. Noun. The act of indulging in sentiment.
Generic synonyms: Glorification, Idealisation, Idealization
Derivative terms: Romanticise, Romanticize, Sentimentalise, Sentimentalise, Sentimentalize
Definition of Sentimentalisation
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of sentimentalization) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sentimentalisation
Literary usage of Sentimentalisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Drama and Life by Arthur Bingham Walkley (1908)
"... and liberal life of romance, all rhapsody and colour—a love, in short, that
shall be richer than her present mere sentimentalisation of conjugal duty. ..."
2. The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book by Arnold Bennett (1911)
"If he answers it in the negative, no argument, no persuasion, no sentimentalisation
of the facts of life, will make him alter his opinion. ..."
3. The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book by Arnold Bennett (1911)
"If he answers it in the negative, no argument, no persuasion, no sentimentalisation
of the facts of life, will make him alter his opinion. ..."
4. The East and the West (1904)
"I have seen nothing to lead us to think there is anything in the Indian problem
to drive us either to sentimentalisation, to quackery, or to despair. ..."
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