What does "sentiment analysis" mean?

The use of computers to process natural language in an attempt to identify and extract information about the writer's affective state.

Sentiment analysis

Common synonyms include: affect detection, emotion detection, emotional analysis, emotional classification, opinion mining, opinion score.

noun

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Noun

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The use of computers to process natural language in an attempt to identify and extract information about the writer's affective state. countable, uncountable