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Noun: mawkishness  mo-kish-nus
  1. Insincere pathos
    - bathos
     
  2. Falsely emotional in a maudlin way
    - sentimentality, drippiness, mushiness, soupiness, sloppiness

Type of: emotionalism, emotionality, sentimentality, soppiness

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