sentiment
//ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt//
Forms
- Plural
- sentiments
Definitions
1.A general thought, feeling, or sense.
- The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.
2.Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
- Good decision-making is not governed by mere sentiment.
- To do the job thoroughly sentiment must be ignored and it seems inevitable that the famous Great Hall and the Doric Arch will have to be sacrificed to progress.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4186
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sent-der.
Proto-Italic *sentiō
Latin sentiō
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Latin sentimentumder.
Old French sentementder.
English sentiment
From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.