maudlinism

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noun

A maudlin condition.

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Meanings

nounmaudlinism (countable and uncountable, plural maudlinisms)

plural maudlinisms

  1. countableuncountableA maudlin condition.

    At this precise period of his existence, Mr. Benjamin Allen had perhaps a greater predisposition to maudlinism than he had ever known before[…]

    1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Origin

From maudlin + -ism.

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maudlinism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maudlinism

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“maudlinism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maudlinism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maudlinism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maudlinism.

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