sentimentalism

  1. Noun.  A liking for sentimental things.
  2. Noun.  An overly sentimental thing or condition; bathos or sentimentality.
  3. Noun.  (philosophy) A view according to which morality is somehow grounded in moral sentiments or emotions.

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