🇬🇧🇨🇳 sentimentality - 感伤 : English Lesson

Meaning of "sentimentality" ("感伤"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Sentimentality means having strong feelings of love, nostalgia, or tenderness—especially about memories, people, or things that are meaningful. It’s when something makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside, like hugging your favorite teddy bear or looking at old family photos.

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Sentimentality made me hug my teddy bear… and apologize for dropping him in spaghetti.

I showed sentimentality by saving my first drawing. It’s a stick figure with three heads.

I wrote a poem for my cat. She sat on it. Zero sentimentality on her part.

My brother cried over a pizza slice. “It reminded me of Friday,” he said. Sentimentality strikes again.

My grandma kept my baby teeth. That’s sentimentality. Also, slightly spooky.

She opened a dusty box and laughed; sentimentality pressed like warm breath on the back of her throat. Sentimentality made the old dress smell like summer. Sentimentality kept a cracked teacup safe on the sill. Sentimentality made her wipe a tear, then smile. She closed the box gently, resisting sentimentality at last, and walked outside.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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