sentimentalism

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sentiment Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English sentimental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sentimentalism From sentimental + -ism.

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