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sentiment

/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/noun3 syllables

Sentiment means: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.

Synonyms for sentiment8

noun, as in a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

also used for sentiment

emotion, affect, feels, maudlinness

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What does sentiment mean?2

noun

1

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty“my opinion differs from yours”

2

tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Sentiment in a sentence

  • As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte.User69184
  • The desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments.unknown
  • I didn't even know that these sentiments still existed.unknown
  • The strong sentiments the candidate voiced only served to polarize his constituency.peterius
  • You have the same sentiments as the maid.nonong
  • Growing centrist sentiment threatens to upset America's traditional two-party system.papabear
  • A lot of Kabyles share the same sentiment.Amastan
  • There's a strong anti-terrorism sentiment among Muslims.Nuel

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Forms of sentiment

as a noun

plural
sentiments