sentiment
[ sen-tuh-muh nt ]
/ 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.
Origin of sentiment
1325–75; < Medieval Latin
sentīmentum, equivalent to Latin
sentī(re) to feel +
-mentum
-ment; replacing Middle English
sentement < Old French < 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
sentiment sentimentality (see synonym study at the current entry)Words nearby sentiment
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British Dictionary definitions for sentiments
sentiment
/ (ˈsɛntɪmənt) /
noun
Word Origin for sentiment
C17: from Medieval Latin
sentīmentum, from Latin
sentīre to feel