Sentimentalitas

Sentimentalitas awalnya mengindikasikan ketergantungan pada perasaan sebagai sebuah panduan untuk kebenaran, tetapi dalam penggunaan sekarang istilah tersebut umumnya mengkonotasikan sebuah ketergantungan pada emosi yang dangkal dan tidak rumit.

Catatan

Referensi
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Bacaan tambahan
 Dalrymple, Theodore "Sentimentality is Poisoning Our Society" The Telegraph 17 July 2010
 
 Jamison, Leslie, The Empathy Exams (2014)
 Solomon, Robert C., In Defence of Sentimentality (2004)

Emosi