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Definition of Sympathy
1. Noun. An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion. "I knew I could count on his understanding"
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Inclination, Tendency
Derivative terms: Sympathetic, Sympathise, Sympathize, Understand
2. Noun. Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish).
Generic synonyms: Feeling
Specialized synonyms: Concern, Kind-heartedness, Kindheartedness, Compassion, Compassionateness, Commiseration, Pathos, Pity, Ruth, Compatibility, Empathy
Derivative terms: Sympathetic, Sympathize
3. Noun. A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other. "The two of them were in close sympathy"
Specialized synonyms: Mutual Affection, Mutual Understanding
Derivative terms: Sympathetic, Sympathise, Sympathize
Definition of Sympathy
1. n. Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow- feeling.
2. n. The reciprocal influence exercised by organs or parts on one another, as shown in the effects of a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.
Definition of Sympathy
1. Noun. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion. ¹
2. Noun. The ability to share the feelings of another; ¹
3. Noun. A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sympathy
1. a feeling of compassion for another's suffering [n -THIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sympathy
Literary usage of Sympathy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"The constancy which leads to a dungeon is a painful commodity to its possessor,
but sympathy with his pain need not incapacitate a spectator for that other ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is, however, quite probable that "love of the helpless" was one of the earliest
manifestations of sympathy, just as light sometimes is evidence of ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"However, one may feel certain that it is the reverse of Herbert Spencer's idea
which is that sympathy grew out of *love of the helpless. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"Personal sympathy with her in her bereavement was not, however, ... One of its
most permanent results was to sharpen her sense of sympathy, which had always ..."
5. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"sympathy with fellow beings. Such general comments on attention lead to the treatment
... sympathy involved in all recognition of objects. sympathy extends ..."
6. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"sympathy with fellow beings. Such general comments on attention lead to the
treatment of special cases. ... sympathy involved in all recognition of objects. ..."
7. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"The constancy which leads to a dungeon is a painful commodity to its possessor,
but sympathy with his pain need not incapacitate a spectator for that other ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is, however, quite probable that "love of the helpless" was one of the earliest
manifestations of sympathy, just as light sometimes is evidence of ..."
9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"However, one may feel certain that it is the reverse of Herbert Spencer's idea
which is that sympathy grew out of *love of the helpless. ..."
10. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"Personal sympathy with her in her bereavement was not, however, ... One of its
most permanent results was to sharpen her sense of sympathy, which had always ..."
11. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"sympathy with fellow beings. Such general comments on attention lead to the treatment
... sympathy involved in all recognition of objects. sympathy extends ..."
12. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"sympathy with fellow beings. Such general comments on attention lead to the
treatment of special cases. ... sympathy involved in all recognition of objects. ..."
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