sentiment
/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/ noun
Forms sentiments
- noun A general thought, feeling, or sense. “The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.”
- noun (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind. “Good decision-making is not governed by mere sentiment.”
Synonyms
emotion affect feels maudlinness opinion persuasion view thought
Etymology
From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression.
- noun Hence, generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought; opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one's sentiments on a subject.
Etymology [OE. sentement, OF. sentement, F. sentiment, fr. L. sentire to perceive by the senses and mind, to feel, to think. See Sentient, a.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “sentiment”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details