expression vs sentimentalism

sentimentalism vs expression

expression and sentimentalism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expression	Yes	No	No	No
sentimentalism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sentimentalism is a hyponym of expression; that is, sentimentalism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than expression:

expression: the style of expressing yourself
sentimentalism: the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form

Other hyponyms of expression include honorific, archaicism, archaism, boilerplate, colloquialism, idiom, parlance, Americanism, Anglicism, Briticism, Britishism, choice of words, diction, phraseology, phrasing, verbiage, wording, hyperbolism.

expression (noun)	sentimentalism (noun)
the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing	a predilection for sentimentality
the feelings expressed on a person's face	the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
the style of expressing yourself
expression without words
a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
(genetics) the process of expressing a gene

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