Sentiment
noun
1.
an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
2.
a mental feeling; emotion:
a sentiment of pity.
3.
refined or tender emotion; manifestation of the higher or more refined feelings.
4.
exhibition or manifestation of feeling or sensibility, or appeal to the tender emotions, in literature, art, or music.
5.
a thought influenced by or proceeding from feeling or emotion.
6.
the thought or feeling intended to be conveyed by words, acts, or gestures as distinguished from the words, acts, or gestures themselves.
noun
1.
susceptibility to tender, delicate, or romantic emotion: she has too much sentiment to be successful
2.
(often pl) a thought, opinion, or attitude
3.
exaggerated, overindulged, or mawkish feeling or emotion
4.
an expression of response to deep feeling, esp in art or literature
5.
a feeling, emotion, or awareness: a sentiment of pity
6.
a mental attitude modified or determined by feeling: there is a strong revolutionary sentiment in his country
7.
a feeling conveyed, or intended to be conveyed, in words
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