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Definitions

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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