sentimental value

noun
noun: sentimental value; plural noun: sentimental values
1. the value of something to someone because of personal or emotional associations rather
than material worth.
1 : based on, showing, or resulting from feelings or emotions rather than reason or thought

He has a sentimental attachment to his old high school.

She saved her wedding gown for sentimental reasons.

He has sentimental ideas about the past.

A sentimental journey is a visit to a place that was once very familiar and that brings back
memories of the past.

They took a sentimental journey to England, the country where they had met.

Something that has sentimental value is important to someone because of its connection with a
happy time of life, a special person, etc.

I keep this picture because it has sentimental value for me.

2
a : appealing to the emotions especially in an excessive way

a sentimental melodrama

b : having or expressing strong feelings of love, sadness, etc., in a way that may seem foolish or
excessive

a sentimental person

I tend to get very sentimental when I think about my childhood.

sentimentally
adverb