sentimentalists

Definition of sentimentalistsnext
plural of sentimentalist

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Noun
  • The Japan romantics may be overlooking some clear drawbacks, however, including the 30 years of economic struggles that followed the bursting of a truly epic bubble in the 1990s.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Even for the biggest romantics, Valentine's Day can come with a lot of pressure and expectations.
    Glamour, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At least there were idealists who dreamed such fancies, and their dreams were the pretext for creating this nation.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Some idealists set out to build a new community from scratch.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Techno-utopians point out that, historically, advancements have led to the explosion of huge new business sectors and jobs.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Not seeing us at all — as parents, neighbors, teachers, leads, lovers, screw‑ups, dreamers — damages us.
    Gloria Calderon Kellett, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Positive, resilient, adventurous, empathetic dreamers both!
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Young ideologues compete to prove their fealty to MAGA by engaging in a kind of transgressive one-upmanship.
    Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
    Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Sentimentalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentimentalists. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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