antisentimental means opposing or shunning sentimentality.
Why “antisentimental” is a great word
Opposing or deliberately shunning sentimentality. From the English prefix anti- ("against") + sentimental ("characterized by or exhibiting sentiment"). Unlike unsentimental (which describes a neutral lack of feeling) or cynical (which denotes a general, sour distrust), antisentimental implies an active, principled resistance. It is the brisk removal of wilting flowers from the vase, the deliberate flatness in a war correspondent's prose, the lover who will not say "I love you" because the phrase has been emptied by a thousand bad films—a guardrail against the heart's soft, encroaching tide.
Etymology
From anti- + sentimental.
adj
- Opposing or shunning sentimentality.e.g.“an antisentimental author”
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