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mawkishness vs shmaltz

shmaltz vs mawkishness

mawkishness and shmaltz both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mawkishness Yes No No No
shmaltz Yes No No No
As nouns, shmaltz is a hyponym of mawkishness; that is, shmaltz is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mawkishness:
  • mawkishness: falsely emotional in a maudlin way
  • shmaltz: (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
Other hyponyms of mawkishness include corn, schmaltz, schmalz, sentimentalism.
mawkishness (noun) shmaltz (noun)
falsely emotional in a maudlin way (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
insincere pathos
Difference between mawkishness and shmaltz

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