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感情

emotion: 人の個性の一部ともなる喜怒哀楽などの人間の強い感情を表し, しばしばそれを抑制したり表出したりする対象として捉えられる

feeling: 反応としての喜怒の感情や理性では抑えられない感情をいう

passion: 愛憎･怒り, 時に物事に対する熱意など, 理性を通り越すほどの激しい感情をいう

sentiment: 〘かたく〙 で, 特定の物事に対する意見や感情を表すが, 個人より集団について用いられることが多い. 日常英語では代わりにfeelingが用いられることが多い

FEELING, EMOTION, AFFECTION, SENTIMENT, PASSION mean a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation.

FEELING denotes any partly mental, partly physical response marked by pleasure, pain, attraction, or repulsion; it may suggest the mere existence of a response but imply nothing about the nature or intensity of it.

e.g. the feelings that once moved me are gone

EMOTION carries a strong implication of excitement or agitation but, like FEELING, encompasses both positive and negative responses.

e.g. the drama portrays the emotions of adolescence

AFFECTION applies to feelings that are also inclinations or likings.

e.g. a memoir of childhood filled with affection for her family

SENTIMENT often implies an emotion inspired by an idea.

e.g. her feminist sentiments are well known

PASSION suggests a very powerful or controlling emotion.

e.g. revenge became his ruling passion

OPINION, VIEW, BELIEF, CONVICTION, PERSUASION, SENTIMENT mean a judgment one holds as true.

OPINION implies a conclusion thought out yet open to dispute.

e.g. each expert seemed to have a different opinion

VIEW suggests a subjective opinion.

e.g. very assertive in stating his views

BELIEF implies often deliberate acceptance and intellectual assent.

e.g. a firm belief in her party's platform

CONVICTION applies to a firmly and seriously held belief.

e.g. the conviction that animal life is as sacred as human

PERSUASION suggests a belief grounded on assurance (as by evidence) of its truth.

e.g. was of the persuasion that everything changes

SENTIMENT suggests a settled opinion reflective of one's feelings.

e.g. her feminist sentiments are well-known

1. a view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion:

｟かたく｠ «…についての» 感情, 意見, 考え方; (美的)情操, 情緒 «about, on»

e.g. I agree with your sentiments regarding the road bridge.

general feeling or opinion:

e.g. public sentiment was on the side of reform.

a feeling or emotion:

e.g. an intense sentiment of horror.

archaic the expression of a view or desire especially as formulated for a toast.

｟かたく｠ (お祝いなどの)あいさつの言葉

2. exaggerated and self-indulgent feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia:

｟時にけなして｠ «…についての» (安っぽい)感傷, 情 «about»

e.g. many of the appeals rely on treacly sentiment.

late Middle English (in the senses ‘personal experience’ and ‘physical feeling, sensation’): from Old French sentement, from medieval Latin sentimentum, from Latin sentire ‘feel’.