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What sentiment means
sen·ti·ment (s
nt-mnt)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, 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.
That is the dictionary definition. I use the word in critique exclusively in the sense of
c. Maudlin emotion; sentimentality.
FYI
Jess
nt-mnt)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, 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.That is the dictionary definition. I use the word in critique exclusively in the sense of
c. Maudlin emotion; sentimentality.
FYI
Jess