again, with the sentimentality...
After reading the very thoughtful comments on the previous post on this topic, I realize that once again, we don't all attach the same definitions to a particular word. This has helped me clarify my own definition. Jimmy describes what I would call 'nostalgia'--a yearning for things lost or past. If one adds sentimentality to nostalgia, it gets kind of more unreal, recalling only the elements of the lost that were sweet and charming, and forgetting the unpleasant that was surely also part of the... Sign in to see full entry.