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sentiment vs sentimentality

sentimentality vs sentiment

sentiment and sentimentality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sentiment Yes No No No
sentimentality Yes No No No
As nouns, sentimentality is a hyponym of sentiment; that is, sentimentality is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sentiment:
  • sentiment: tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
  • sentimentality: extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
Other hyponyms of sentiment include razbliuto.
sentiment (noun) sentimentality (noun)
a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty falsely emotional in a maudlin way
tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
Difference between sentiment and sentimentality

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