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- Dictionarysentiment/ˈsɛntɪm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a view or opinion that is held or expressed: "I agree with your sentiments regarding the road bridge" Similar
- 2. exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia: "many of the appeals rely on treacly sentiment" Similar
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her feminist sentiments are well-known Examples of sentiment in a Sentence His criticism of the court's decision expresses a sentiment that is shared by many people.
an expression of response to deep feeling, esp in art or literature. a feeling, emotion, or awareness. a sentiment of pity. a mental attitude modified or determined by feeling. there is a strong revolutionary sentiment in his country. a feeling conveyed, or intended to be conveyed, in words.
Some common synonyms of sentiment are affection, emotion, feeling, and passion. While all these words mean "a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation," sentiment often implies an emotion inspired by an idea. her feminist sentiments are well known.
Sentiment is feelings such as pity or love, especially for things in the past, and may be considered exaggerated and foolish. Laura kept that letter out of sentiment. The coronation was an occasion for extravagant myth and sentiment. Synonyms: sentimentality, emotion, tenderness, romanticism More Synonyms of sentiment.
thoughts, opinions, or attitudes based on people's thoughts or feelings. Nationalist sentiments threaten to split the country. I must agree with the sentiments expressed by the party's spokesperson. These sentiments were echoed by other speakers. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
IPA guide. Other forms: sentiments. Your opinion that most comedies are terrible and that you'd rather watch any other kind of movie could be described as your sentiment, or your attitude, about films. Sentiment means a view or opinion, but it can also mean an emotion.
Definition of sentiment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for SENTIMENTS: feelings, emotions, chords, passions, perceptions, attitudes, impressions, senses; Antonyms of SENTIMENTS: insensitivities, facts, truths.
sentiment noun (EMOTION) emotional feelings such as sympathy, love, etc, especially when they are not considered to be suitable for a situation: I find her writing full of sentiment. (Definition of sentiment from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
