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; feeling">fellow-feeling. Source: opted

2. n. An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them. Source: opted

3. n. Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion. Source: opted

4. n. The reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain. Source: opted

5. n. That relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing another person suffering with hysteria. Source: opted

6. n. A tendency of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between the loadstone and iron. Source: opted

7. n. Similarity of function, use office, or the like. Source: opted

8. n. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion Source: wordnet

9. n. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) Source: wordnet

10. n. a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other Source: wordnet

11. n:100 n. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion n. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) n. a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other Source: ecdict

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