sentiment
[ sen-tuh-muhnt ]
/ ˈsɛn tə mənt /
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. 2. See feeling. 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, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sentiment
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British Dictionary definitions for sentiment
sentiment
/ (ˈsɛntɪmənt) /
noun
Word Origin for sentiment
C17: from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, from Latin sentīre to feel
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