From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.

• IPA: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/

sentiment

1. 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.

2. (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