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   sentiment

   /ˈsɛntɪm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a view or opinion that is held or expressed: "I agree with your sentiments regarding the road bridge" Similar viewpoint of viewway of thinkingfeelingattitudethoughtopinionbeliefidea
   • ▪ general feeling or opinion: "public sentiment was on the side of reform"
   • ▪ a feeling or emotion: "an intense sentiment of horror" Similar feelingemotion
   • ▪ the expression of a view or desire especially as formulated for a toast. archaic
   • 2. exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia: "many of the appeals rely on treacly sentiment" Similar sentimentalitymawkishnessover-sentimentalityemotionalismoveremotionalismsentimentalismemotionsensibilityfiner feelingstender feelingstendernesssoftnesssoft-heartednesstender-heartednesstweenessinformal:schmaltzmushslushsob stuffslushinesssloppinessslopgoocorncorninesshokumcheesesoppinesssappinesshokeyness

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘personal experience’ and ‘physical feeling, sensation’): from Old French sentement, from medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire ‘feel’.

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