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English Dictionary: mawkishness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mawkishness
n
  1. insincere pathos
    Synonym(s): mawkishness, bathos
  2. falsely emotional in a maudlin way
    Synonym(s): mawkishness, sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mawkishness \Mawk"ish*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being mawkish. --J. H. Newman.
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