sentimentalisme

sɑ̃timɑ̃talism

Definition

Definition of sentimentalisme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

psychologietendance à privilégier les sentiments et émotions sur la raison

Le sentimentalisme de ce roman touche profondément les lecteurs.

romantisme

émotions forcéesaffectation artificielle de sensibilité pour impressionner ou émouvoir

Son sentimentalisme excessif agaçait tous ses amis.

sensiblerie

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sans sentimentalisme

adv.

de façon objective et directe, sans émotions exagérées

Il a raconté les faits sans sentimentalisme, de manière claire.

Origin of sentimentalisme

français, sentiment (émotion) + -alisme (doctrine)

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fraises à la crème

familier péjoratif

chose ou personne considérée comme mièvre ou d'un sentimentalisme excessif

esprit sec

humour

forme d'humour vif et ironique sans sentimentalisme

Examples of sentimentalisme in a sentence

On critique souvent le sentimentalisme dans les films romantiques.
Le film déborde de sentimentalisme inutile.
Son discours était plein de sentimentalisme calculé.

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English:sentimentalism, sentimentality, ...
German:Sentimentalität, Sentimentalismus, ...
Italian:sentimentalismo, ...
Spanish:sentimentalismo, sensiblería, ...
Portuguese:sentimentalismo, ...
Chinese:感情主义, 矫情, ...
Japanese:感傷主義, 感傷的態度, ...
Arabic:العاطفية, عاطفية زائدة, ...
Hebrew:סֶנְטִימֶנְטָלִיּוּת, רִגְשָׁנוּת מְזֻיֶּפֶת, ...
Russian:сентиментализм, сентиментальность, ...
Ukrainian:сентименталізм, афектація, ...
Catalan:sentimentalisme, afectació sentimental, ...
Danish:sentimentalisme, ...
Dutch:sentimentaliteit, sentimentalisme, ...
Greek:συναισθηματισμός, υπερβολική ευαισθησία, ...
Khmer:មនោសញ្ចេតនានិយម, ការសម្ដែងអារម្មណ៍ជ្រុល, ...
Korean:감상주의, 가식적인 감상주의, ...
Polish:sentymentalizm, afektacja, ...
Portuguese (BR):sentimentalismo, ...
Romanian:sentimentalism, ...
Swedish:sentimentalism, ...
Thai:ความรู้สึกนิยม, ความอ่อนไหวจอมปลอม, ...
Turkish:duygusallık, sentimentalizm, ...
Vietnamese:chủ nghĩa cảm tính, sự ủy mị, ...

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