sentiment
/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/ noun C1- A general thought, feeling, or sense. · The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.
- Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind. · Near-synonyms: feels; maudlinness· Good decision-making is not governed by mere sentiment.
Plural sentiments
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There was no silly sentiment in Anne’s ideas concerning Gilbert.
I had hoped that our sentiments coincided in every particular, but I must so far differ from you as to think our two youngest daughters uncommonly foolish.”
She then changed the discourse to one more gratifying to each, and on which there could be no difference of sentiment.
“In such cases as this, it is, I believe, the established mode to express a sense of obligation for the sentiments avowed, however unequally they may be returned.
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