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sentiment

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  1. feeling                2. opinion               
 
sen.ti.ment \'sent-*-m*nt\ n [F or ML; F, fr. ML sentimentum, fr. L 
   sentire] 1a: an attitude, thought, or judgment prompted by feeling : 
   PREDILECTI ON 1b: a specific view or notion : OPINION  2a: EMOTION  2b: 
   refined feeling : delicate sensibility esp. as expressed in a work of  art 
   2c: emotional idealism  2d: a romantic or nostalgic feeling verging on 
   sentimentality  3a: an idea colored by emotion  3b: the emotional 
   significance of a passage or expression as distinguished  from its verbal 
   context