sentiment
sen·ti·ment (sĕnʹtə-mənt)n. 1. A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country. See Synonyms at feeling. See Synonyms at opinion. 2. a. Emotion; feeling: Different forms of music convey different kinds of sentiment. b. Tender or romantic feeling. c. Maudlin emotion; sentimentality. 3. The emotional import of a passage as distinct from its form of expression. 4. The expression of delicate and sensitive feeling, especially in art and literature. [Middle English sentement, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sentīmentum, from Latin sentīre, to feel. See sent- in Indo-European Roots.]
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