mawkishness

1. Insincere pathos (synset 107497407)
   is a type of: sentimentality - extravagant or affected feeling or emotion
   same as: bathos
2. Falsely emotional in a maudlin way (synset 104634863)
   is a type of: emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality
   subtypes:

   • corn - something sentimental or trite
   • schmaltz, schmalz, shmaltz - (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
   • sentimentalism - a predilection for sentimentality
   same as: drippiness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness

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