1 [C,U] (formal) a feeling or an opinion, especially one based on emotions
SYNVIEW:
the spread of nationalist sentiments * This is a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with. * Public sentiment is against any change to the law. * My sentiments exactly (= I agree)!
2 [U] (sometimes disapproving) feelings of pity, romantic love, sadness, etc. which may be too strong or not appropriate:
There was no fatherly affection, no display of sentiment. * There is no room for sentiment in business.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for sentiment is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sentiment a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sentiment is tagged as noun.
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