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Etymology
From MF. sympathie < LL. sympathia < Gr. συμπάθεια (sympatheia) "sympathy, affinity" < συμπαθής (sympathÄ“s) "having a fellow feeling" < prefix συμ- (sym-), variant of συν- (syn-) "with, in company with, together with" + παθÎω (patheo) "to have a secondary affection" < πάσχω (pascho) "to be affected by, to suffer" < PIE. base *kwenth- ("to suffer," "to endure").
Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈsɪmpəθi/
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Noun
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- A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
- The ability to share the feelings of another; empathy.
- context|psychology A mutual relationship between people such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- context|physiology A mutual relationship between organs such that a condition of one part causes an effect in the other.
Related terms
sympathetic
sympathise
Translations
trans-top|feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another
Czech: soustrast f, soucit m
Finnish: myötätunto, osanotto, sympatia
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Russian: ÑочувÑтвие (soÄústvije) n, ÑоÑтрадание (sostradánije) n
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trans-top|ability to share the feelings of another; empathy
Albanian: keqardhje f
Esperanto: simpatio
Finnish: myötäeläminen, empatia
French: sympathie f
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German: Sympathie f
Italian: simpatia f
Russian: ÑочувÑтвие (soÄústvije) n
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trans-top|(psychology) mutual relationship between people such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition
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trans-top|(physiology) mutual relationship between organs such that a condition of one part causes an effect in the other
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|تعاط٠unicode|(taʕá:ʈafa)
ttbc|Chinese: åŒæ„Ÿ (tóng gÇŽn), èµžåŒ (zà ntóng); åŒæƒ… (tóngqÃng), 怜悯 (liánmÇn)
ttbc|Dutch: medelijden
ttbc|Japanese: 共感, 共鳴, åŒæƒ… (ã©ã†ã˜ã‚‡ã†, dÅjÅ), 交感
ttbc|Korean: ë™ì • (dongjeong)
ttbc|Portuguese: compaixão f, simpatia f, afinidade f
ttbc|Spanish: compasión f, simpatÃa f
ttbc|Swedish: medkänsla
ttbc|Telugu: సానà±à°à±‚తి (saanubhooti)
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