1. N-VAR : supp N
A sentiment that people have is an attitude which is based on their thoughts and feelings.
- Public sentiment rapidly turned anti-American.
- nationalist sentiments that threaten to split the country.
- = feeling
2. N-COUNT : usu with supp
A sentiment is an idea or feeling that someone expresses in words.
- I must agree with the sentiments expressed by John Prescott.
- The Foreign Secretary echoed this sentiment.
3. N-UNCOUNT
Sentiment is feelings such as pity or love, especially for things in the past, and may be considered exaggerated and foolish.
- Laura kept that letter out of sentiment.
........... Cobuild
[Am-Heritage]
1. A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country.
[Collins Essential]
1. a mental attitude based on a mixture of thoughts and feelings: anti-American sentiment.
[Am-Heritage]
3. The emotional import of a passage as distinct from its form of expression.
[Collins Essential]
2. (often pl) a thought, opinion, or attitude expressed in words: his sentiments were echoed by subsequent speakers
.......... http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sentiment
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