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The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.
mawkishness
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noun
- The quality or condition of being affectedly or overly emotional: bathos, maudlinism, sentimentalism, sentimentality. Informal mush, mushiness, schmaltz, schmaltziness, sloppiness. Slang sappiness. See feelings.
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
insincere pathos
Synonym: bathos
Meaning #2:
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Synonym: sentimentality
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