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mawkishness

mawkishness
Noun

This term describes a specific type of sentimentality that feels forced, excessive, or cloying. It carries a strong negative connotation, suggesting that the emotion expressed is not genuine or sophisticated, but rather an artificial display that evokes a sense of nausea or irritation in the observer.

Because it refers to an abstract quality of emotional tone, the word is treated as an uncountable mass noun. It cannot be pluralized to describe multiple instances of sentimentality; instead, one must use partitive constructions such as a streak of mawkishness or an instance of mawkishness to quantify it.

Meanings

Nounmawkishness

The quality of being sentimental in an exaggerated, sickly, or childishly emotional manner.

The mawkishness of the romantic novel made it difficult for the critics to take the plot seriously.

Examples

The movie was criticized for its sheer mawkishness and lack of genuine emotional depth.

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The movie was criticized for its sheer mawkishness and lack of genuine emotional depth.

I cannot stand the mawkishness of these greeting cards.

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I cannot stand the mawkishness of these greeting cards.

Stop this mawkishness right now and tell me the truth.

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Stop this mawkishness right now and tell me the truth.

The novel descends into a state of mawkishness during the final chapter.

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The novel descends into a state of mawkishness during the final chapter.

Their public displays of affection were marked by a certain mawkishness that made everyone uncomfortable.

Romance

Their public displays of affection were marked by a certain mawkishness that made everyone uncomfortable.

He feared that his letter would be seen as an expression of mawkishness rather than true grief.

History

He feared that his letter would be seen as an expression of mawkishness rather than true grief.

Is this supposed to be a tragedy or just pure mawkishness?

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Is this supposed to be a tragedy or just pure mawkishness?

The play was overwritten with a level of mawkishness that felt entirely artificial.

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The play was overwritten with a level of mawkishness that felt entirely artificial.

I hope my speech does not come across as mere mawkishness.

Office

I hope my speech does not come across as mere mawkishness.

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