sentiment
pronunciation
How to pronounce sentiment in British English:
UK [ˈsentɪmənt]
How to pronounce sentiment in American English:
US [ˈsentɪmənt]
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- Noun:
- tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
Word Origin
- sentiment
- sentiment: [17] Sentiment comes via Old French sentiment from medieval Latin sentīmentum ‘feeling’, a derivative of Latin sentīre ‘feel’ (from which English gets sensation, sense, sentence, etc). It originally meant ‘feeling’ and ‘opinion’ (the former now defunct, the latter surviving with a somewhat old-fashioned air in such expressions as ‘My sentiments exactly!’). The sense ‘(excessively) refined feeling’ did not emerge until the mid-18th century.=> sense
- sentiment (n.)
- late 14c., sentement, "personal experience, one's own feeling," from Old French sentement (12c.), from Medieval Latin sentimentum "feeling, affection, opinion," from Latin sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). Meaning "what one feels about something" (1630s) and modern spelling seem to be a re-introduction from French (where it was spelled sentiment by 17c.). A vogue word mid-18c. with wide application, commonly "a thought colored by or proceeding from emotion" (1762), especially as expressed in literature or art. The 17c. sense is preserved in phrases such as my sentiments exactly.
Example
- 1. Such weary sentiment is widespread in the industry .
- 2. But that sentiment has been shaken by declining performance .
- 3. I think people often underestimate the northern european sentiment toward their sovereigns .
- 4. And I know all americans share in that sentiment .
- 5. Miles padgett of glasgow university shares chin 's sentiment .