SENTIMENT


Meaning of SENTIMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsen-tə-mənt ]

noun

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

Date: 1639

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.