the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
a predilection for sentimentality
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That is a novel reeking with sentimentalism.那是一本充满着感伤主义的小说。
The sentimentalism novel, together with other novel types, has facilitated the Chinese novel narrative from the tradition to the modern.感伤主义小说与其他小说类型一道，促成了中国小说叙事形式由传统向现代的转变。
