感かん傷しょう主しゅ義ぎ

noun

sentimentalism

A tendency to indulge in or value emotion over reason, often in art, literature, or personal outlook. Can carry a slightly negative nuance of excessive emotionality.

• 彼かれの小しょう説せつは感かん傷しょう主しゅ義ぎに陥おちいりがちだ。

  His novels tend to fall into sentimentalism.

• 感かん傷しょう主しゅ義ぎを排はいした冷れい静せいな分ぶん析せきが必ひつ要ようだ。

  We need a calm analysis that avoids sentimentalism.