sentimentalist
/ˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)əlɪst/
noun
- A person who is strongly influenced by tender or nostalgic feelings, often to an excessive degree.
- The writer was known as a sentimentalist, always focusing on the emotional side of life.
- My grandfather is a sentimentalist who keeps every birthday card he's ever received.
- Don't be such a sentimentalist — it's just an old chair, not a family heirloom.
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