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sentiment

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 N T AH0 M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: S EH1 N AH0 M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A general thought, feeling, or sense.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emotion, affect

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: feels; maudlinness
  • Good decision-making is not governed by mere sentiment.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feels, maudlinness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: emotion

3

noun

Meaning 3

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • my opinion differs from yours
  • I am not of your persuasion
  • what are your thoughts on Haiti?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: opinion, persuasion, view, thought

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: belief

Narrower terms: idea, judgment, judgement, mind, eyes, preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, pole, politics, political sympathies

4

noun

Meaning 4

tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feeling

Narrower terms: sentimentality, razbliuto

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: усещане (useštane) — a general thought
  • Finnish: ajatus — a general thought
  • French: sentiment — a general thought
  • Haitian Creole: santiman — a general thought
  • Indonesian: sentimen — a general thought
  • Japanese: 感情 (kanjō) — a general thought
  • Portuguese: sentimento — a general thought
  • Romanian: sentiment — a general thought
  • Russian: ощущение (oščuščenije) — a general thought
  • Slovak: sentiment — a general thought
  • Spanish: sentimiento — a general thought
  • Tagalog: sentimyento — a general thought
  • Amharic: ስሜት (səmet) — feelings or emotions
  • Arabic: عَاطِفَة (ʕāṭifa) — feelings or emotions
  • Bulgarian: чувство (čuvstvo) — feelings or emotions
  • Bulgarian: емоция (emocija) — feelings or emotions
  • Finnish: tunne — feelings or emotions
  • Finnish: tuntemus — feelings or emotions
  • German: Gefühl — feelings or emotions
  • Indonesian: sentimen — feelings or emotions
  • Lithuanian: sentimentas — feelings or emotions
  • Māori: kakare — feelings or emotions
  • Polish: sentyment — feelings or emotions