alexithymic vs sentimental

alexithymic

adj
  • Lacking in emotion or emotional expression. 

  • Pertaining to or having alexithymia. 

noun
  • A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions 

sentimental

adj
  • Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion. 

  • Derived from emotion rather than reason; of or caused by sentiment. 

  • Romantic. 

How often have the words alexithymic and sentimental occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )