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The quality or state of being mawkish.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being mawkish.
  2. n. insincere pathos
  3. n. falsely emotional in a maudlin way
  4. The quality or state of being mawkish. J. H. Newman.
  5. n. The quality or state of being mawkish.