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schmaltz

[shmahlts, shmawlts] / ʃmɑlts, ʃmɔlts /
NOUN
sentimentality
Synonyms
STRONG
bathos mawkishness melodrama mushiness nostalgia reminiscence sentiment sentimentalism triteness
WEAK
emotionalness gushiness maudlinism maudlinness melodramatics

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