The definition of a sentiment is a combination of beliefs and emotions that explains an action.
(noun)An example of sentiment is someone being so patriotic that they decorate their house with many flags from their country.
See sentiment in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME sentement < OFr < ML sentimentum < L sentire, to feel, sense
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English sentement
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin sentīmentum
Origin: , from Latin sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots
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