ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌmen.ˈtaləd.ē, -_mən.ˈ-, -lətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: sentimental (I) + -ity
1. : the quality or state of being sentimental especially to excess or in affectation
what was respected as honest sentiment is branded as sentimentality , and mocked at, when the emotion which sustained it no longer exists — John Mason Brown
the indulgence in sentiment that sometimes passes into sentimentality — N.F.Adkins
the same objectivity, ruthlessness, and lack of any sentimentality — Harrison Smith
culminated in the vapid sentimentality of a good deal of English romanticism and its steadily more mawkish offshoots — Joseph Frank
2. : a sentimental idea or its expression
is a regular American with sentimentalities that are supposed to be sentiments — J.T.Farrell