sentimentalist

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English

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Etymology

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From sentimental +‎ -ist.

Noun

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sentimentalist (plural sentimentalists)

  1. A person who is sentimental.
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
      But Flay, for all his longing to return to his birthplace was no sentimentalist in exile. His thoughts when they turned to the castle were by no means in the nature of reveries.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sentimentaliste.

Adjective

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sentimentalist m or n (feminine singular sentimentalistă, masculine plural sentimentaliști, feminine and neuter plural sentimentaliste)

  1. sentimentalistic

Declension

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