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sentiment

[sen-tuh-muhnt]

noun

  1. an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.

  2. a mental feeling; emotion.

    a sentiment of pity.

  3. refined or tender emotion; manifestation of the higher or more refined feelings.

  4. exhibition or manifestation of feeling or sensibility, or appeal to the tender emotions, in literature, art, or music.

  5. a thought influenced by or proceeding from feeling or emotion.

  6. the thought or feeling intended to be conveyed by words, acts, or gestures as distinguished from the words, acts, or gestures themselves.



sentiment

/ ˈɛԳɪəԳ /

noun

  1. susceptibility to tender, delicate, or romantic emotion

    she has too much sentiment to be successful

  2. (often plural) a thought, opinion, or attitude

  3. exaggerated, overindulged, or mawkish feeling or emotion

  4. an expression of response to deep feeling, esp in art or literature

  5. a feeling, emotion, or awareness

    a sentiment of pity

  6. a mental attitude modified or determined by feeling

    there is a strong revolutionary sentiment in his country

  7. a feeling conveyed, or intended to be conveyed, in words

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sentimentless adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sentiment1

First recorded in 1325–75; from Medieval Latin ԳīԳٳܳ, equivalent to Latin Գī() “to feel” + -mentum -ment; replacing Middle English sentement, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, as above
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sentiment1

C17: from Medieval Latin ԳīԳٳܳ, from Latin Գī to feel
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Synonym Study

See opinion. Sentiment, sentimentality are terms for sensitiveness to emotional feelings. Sentiment is a sincere and refined sensibility, a tendency to be influenced by emotion rather than reason or fact: to appeal to sentiment. Sentimentality implies affected, excessive, sometimes mawkish sentiment: weak sentimentality.
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His sentiments on Thursday added to his social media tribute to Wilson on Wednesday.

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These anti-Mexican sentiments are why California voters passed a slew of xenophobic local and state measures in the 1980s and 1990s when the state’s demographics began to dramatically change.

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The sentiment has not yet been echoed in Washington.

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And many in those circles have immigrant roots or came to political consciousness during the 1990s when anti-immigrant sentiment roiled the state.

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Tatanian’s sentiments were echoed by several downtown shopkeepers who said they supported the protests but denounced the violence and property damage that accompanied the latest demonstrations.

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A sentiment is a mental feeling or tender emotion, or a thought proceeding from feeling or emotion. How is it different from feeling, emotion, and passion? Find out on Thesaurus.com.

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