SENTIMENTALIZATION Antonyms

• avoiding emotional involvement

• the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

• the state of being isolated or detached

• a small unit of troops of special composition

• coming apart

• unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

• the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing

• a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle

• (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

• the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

• the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

• (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation

• the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency

• systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale

• the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

• the state of being actual or real

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

• unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

• cool and formal in manner

• not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction

• facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination

• not fanciful or imaginative

• concerned with practical matters