Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Sentimentality is dismissed when people reject feelings they do not personally share.
- In plain terms
- People call something sentimental when they do not feel the same way.
- What can you take from it?
- Question whether you reject sentiment because it feels foreign to you.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do you dislike this sentiment?
- Is it foreign or just different?
Another view
Some expressions of emotion may indeed be excessive or insincere.
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