sentimentality
noun[U]
us/ˌsen·təˌmenˈtæl·ɪ·t̬i,-mən-/expressionofgentleemotionssuch aslove,sympathy, orcaring:
She had neverlikedthat song’s sentimentality.
| 单词 | sentimentality |
| 释义 | sentimentality noun[U] us/ˌsen·təˌmenˈtæl·ɪ·t̬i,-mən-/expressionofgentleemotionssuch aslove,sympathy, orcaring: She had neverlikedthat song’s sentimentality. Examplesofsentimentalitysentimentality But, as an essentially modernist philosophy, postmodern aesthetic still refrains fromsentimentality. From theCambridge English Corpus This develops as negotiations between historicalsentimentalityand radical memorialization, and between pantomimic burlesque and morally driven satire. From theCambridge English Corpus These images turn adults into kids with asentimentalitythat erases the years and transports each back to childhood outings at the park. From theCambridge English Corpus This humanisticsentimentalityis one of the hallmarks of the poetess tradition, or at least of its nineteenthcentury theoretical basis. From theCambridge English Corpus Philosophical disapproval ofsentimentalityin this century follows centuries of popular approval. From theCambridge English Corpus There can be no appeal tosentimentalityon this matter. From theCambridge English Corpus This present quality makes memory material relevant now and does not justify a marginalisation of itssentimentality. From theCambridge English Corpus The choice we can exercise over our beliefs and emotions should employ truth-orienting reflection;sentimentalityeschews them. From theCambridge English Corpus The sense of scholars working in cautious and acknowledging dialogue with key commentators on masculinity andsentimentalityis very strong indeed. From theCambridge English Corpus In daydreams and fantasies we seek comfort inside our own minds; insentimentality, however, we seek it in the real world. From theCambridge English Corpus To the extent that emotion is a product of belief, we are responsible for oursentimentality. From theCambridge English Corpus We no longer think ofsentimentalityin terms of a robust capacity to feel; we tend to think of it in terms of emotional falseness. From theCambridge English Corpus The book is written in a fine and straightforward style, with touches of humour and nosentimentality. From theCambridge English Corpus Too often polemics against the times are polemics from an uninformedsentimentalityor an uncritical nostalgia. From theCambridge English Corpus Traditional details and materials are used withoutsentimentality. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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