Sentiment

Etymology

French or Medieval Latin; French, from Medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire

• Date: 1639

Definitions

• 1 a : an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling : predilection

b : a specific view or notion : opinion

• 2 a : emotion

b : refined feeling : delicate sensibility especially as expressed in a work of art

c : emotional idealism

d : a romantic or nostalgic feeling verging on sentimentality

• 3 a : an idea colored by emotion

b : the emotional significance of a passage or expression as distinguished from its verbal context

Synonyms

• see feeling, opinion