sentiment
Etymology
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Etymology
From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/
sentiment
A general thought, feeling, or sense. - Synonyms: emotion, ;, affect
- The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Publishing”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗, page 15 ↗:
- "Now, my dear young friend," continued the bookseller, "you seem fond of reason; let me talk a little reason to you. Here, take your pamphlet again: there is good material in it, but it requires the making up. Leave out some of your arguments, and throw in a few sentiments,—something about free-born Britons and wooden shoes! Englishmen like to have a few sentiments ready for after-dinner use, in case of a speech...
- 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC ↗:
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
(uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind. - Hypernyms: emotion
- Near-synonyms: feels; maudlinness
- Good decision-making is not governed by mere sentiment.
- French: sentiment
- Portuguese: sentimento
- Russian: ощущение
- Spanish: sentimiento
- German: Gefühl
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