sentiment
Usage
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The noun sentiment refers to a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger.
Example Sentences
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Data released separately on Friday showed confidence among British consumers inching up in January, though sentiment remains subdued by weak perceptions of the country’s economic outlook.
“The sentiment was that winter was winding down.”
The result of the survey, which gauged sentiment of around 2,000 consumers, marginally beat a consensus of economists polled by The Wall Street Journal, which had expected a smaller uptick to minus 16.5.
Consumer sentiment in the eurozone improved slightly in January, a monthly indicator showed Thursday, though hopes for a rebound in confidence could be short-lived amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Europe.
Yields had begun the day tracking international bond yields lower as sentiment improved after U.S.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
