Collocations withsentiment

These are words often used in combination withsentiment.

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admirable sentiment
Whilst this is an admirable sentiment it suggests also that there is an area that still needs addressing in higher education both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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anti-war sentiment
The anti-war sentiment, and the irreverence for the venue in some of the lyrics, offended a number of people.
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expression of sentiment
The principle of allowing the individual expression of sentiment had allowed the rampant expression of poor taste.
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general sentiment
Some of the protections were narrow and explicit, others found in lofty general sentiment.
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moral sentiment
These consisted of showing plausibly the evolutionary origin of human moral sentiment and of establishing its adaptive value.
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nationalist sentiment
In such cases ethnic markers such as language or religion would be strongly associated with nationalist sentiment.
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nationalistic sentiment
I am not among those who hold any form of extreme nationalistic sentiment on this matter.
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negative sentiment
Others have expressed more negative sentiments.
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noble sentiment
It would be difficult for people to declaim against such a noble sentiment.
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patriotic sentiment
She also offers a convincing and multifaceted explanation for why this new patriotic sentiment took on increasingly ethnic overtones.
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popular sentiment
Popular sentiment regarding particular groups may change over time, and thus apparent variance in tolerance may reflect only shifting opinion regarding which groups are unpopular.
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public sentiment
It is primarily through his own rhetoric that the president could attract public sentiment toward his policy initiative.
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religious sentiment
He further noted that the play was fragile, heartfelt and seems more personal than political, a coming-of-age story wrapped in religious sentiment.
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similar sentiment
When a spectator experiences a similar sentiment as an observed actor, then he or she is said to sympathize with the actor.
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