emotionalist

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as in sentimentalist

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  1. sentimentalist
  2. romantic
  3. idealist
  4. dreamer
  5. ideologue
  6. Don Quixote
Noun
  • That appeals to the sentimentalist in me.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of sentimentalist
Noun
  • Sorry to all the hopeless romantics, but the answer is TAP-DANCED.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.
    — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of romantic
Noun
  • Witty, bitter, flamboyant, and emotionally grounded, the dialogue swings, delightfully, between intimate exchanges and grandiloquent soliloquies, capturing the vulnerability of idealists in the face of evil.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Jeffrey Epstein is mentioned, as is Jimmy Kimmel, whose interview with this fresh-faced idealist was not allowed to air on ABC's airwaves.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of idealist
Noun
  • Michele, who portrayed ambitious dreamer Rachel Berry for the entirety of the original series’ run, is reportedly set to return for the reboot.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The beautiful, sullen boy was an energetic dreamer who often longed for his mother.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of dreamer
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  • Women had long been leaders and chief ideologues in secular movements – such as in the Weather Underground in the United States, Italy’s Red Brigades, Germany’s Red Army Faction and the Basque separatist group ETA.
    — Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After years of herding his state’s liberal cats, Newsom treats the new breed of progressive ideologues—New York mayor Zohran Mamdani being the exemplar—as Johnny-come-latelies.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of ideologue
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  • Along with Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Swift’s is among those novels with an outsized influence on the culture.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the building’s 22 existing murals could be removed as part of the changes, potentially including one depicting Don Quixote.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of Don Quixote
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