sentiment

[ sen-tuh-muhnt ]

/ ˈsɛn tə mənt /

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noun

an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.

a mental feeling; emotion: a sentiment of pity.

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

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

a thought influenced by or proceeding from feeling or emotion.

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

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Origin of sentiment

First recorded in 1325–75; from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, equivalent to Latin sentī(re) “to feel” + -mentum-ment; replacing Middle English sentement, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, as above

synonym study for sentiment

1. See opinion. 3. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM sentiment

sen·ti·ment·less, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sentiment

sentiment , sentimentality (see synonym study at the current entry)

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How to use sentiment in a sentence

That year, eight sitting members of Congress also lost renomination as a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment swept the nation in the wake of the Watergate scandal.
Ed Markey Won, But It’s Still Been A Rough Year For Incumbents|Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com)|September 2, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
These sentiments could help Foundry find support for crypto mining among federal and local officials, who may in the past have been suspicious of Bitcoin.
There’s (digital) gold in them thar hills: Crypto giant DCG is betting $100 million on mining Bitcoin in North America|Jeff|August 27, 2020|Fortune
Flowers’ fund Next Alpha used Accern to help with the sentiment analysis portion of its own trading model.
Can an A.I. hedge fund beat the market?|Jeremy Kahn|August 25, 2020|Fortune
“Show me your Instagram feed and I’ll tell you who you are” — is a beautiful sentiment but it’s not actually the case.
How to optimize for the Instagram algorithm in 2020|Julia Miashkova|August 19, 2020|Search Engine Watch

For the overall idea of brand health, you might want to calculate a sentiment score.
Seven brand health metrics and how to measure them|Aleh Barysevich|July 24, 2020|Search Engine Watch
A few years back, designer John Galliano was fined by the government for sharing just such anti-semitic sentiments in public.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Muslim Dost played on those sentiments in the messages he left me.
ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But none of them are so out of step with sentiments common among many New Yorkers.
Eric Garner Protesters Have a Direct Line to City Hall|Jacob Siegel|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The issue of low-skilled immigration naturally provokes intense nativist sentiments.
The Case for More Low-Skill Immigration|Veronique de Rugy|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I even encountered some of these same sentiments within the U.S. government.
How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It)|Todd Moss|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On this point, I have the testimony of eye-witnesses of diverse sentiments and of unimpeachable character.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
All the sentiments of M. Roland were in accordance with the most cherished emotions which glowed in her own mind.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
The sentiments entertained concerning the descending nature of their obligations, being uncondemned, were correct.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
In those few minutes during which they had been together her sentiments in regard to him had undergone a change.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
Those adduced only lead to the belief that I partook of the opinions and sentiments of the persons called conspirators.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for sentiment

sentiment

/ (ˈsɛntɪmənt) /

noun

susceptibility to tender, delicate, or romantic emotionshe has too much sentiment to be successful

(often plural) a thought, opinion, or attitude

exaggerated, overindulged, or mawkish feeling or emotion

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

a feeling, emotion, or awarenessa sentiment of pity

a mental attitude modified or determined by feelingthere is a strong revolutionary sentiment in his country

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

Word Origin for sentiment

C17: from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, from Latin sentīre to feel

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