sympathy

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English

Etymology

From Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpatheia), from σύν (sun, “with, together”) + πάθος (pathos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪmpəθi/

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Noun

sympathy (plural sympathies)

1. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
2. The ability to share the feelings of another; empathy.
3. A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
   • 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 67, The Renaissance Episteme (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)

     'Sympathy' likened anything to anything else in universal attraction, e.g. the fate of men to the course of the planets.

Derived terms

• sympathectomy
• sympathetic
• sympathise

Translations

feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another

Arabic: تعاطف (ar) (ta3aaTuf) m., عطف (ar) (3aTf) m., حنو (ar) (Hunuu) m. Catalan: compassió (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 同情 (cmn) (tóngqíng), 同感 (cmn) (tónggǎn) Czech: soustrast (cs) f., soucit (cs) m. Finnish: myötätunto (fi), osanotto (fi), sympatia (fi) French: compassion (fr) f., sympathie (fr) f., condoléance  (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Mitleid (de) n., Mitgefühl (de) n. Hebrew: אהדה (he) (Ahada) f., אהדה (he) (Ahada) f.

Hungarian: együttérzés (hu), részvét (hu), rokonszenv (hu) Italian: compassione (it) f. Japanese: 同情 (ja) (dōjō) Polish: współczucie (pl) n. Romanian: compasiune, compătimire, simpatie (ro) Russian: сочувствие (ru) (sočústvije) n. (first "в" is silent), сострадание (ru) (sostradánije) n. Serbian: saosećaj (sr) m. Spanish: compasión (es) Turkish: sempati (tr)

ability to share the feelings of another; empathy

Albanian: keqardhje (sq) f. Catalan: empatia (ca) f. Esperanto: simpatio Finnish: myötäeläminen, empatia French: sympathie (fr) f. German: Sympathie (de) f.

Hungarian: együttérzés (hu) Italian: empatia (it) f. Japanese: 共感 (ja) (kyōkan), 共鳴 (ja) (kyōmē), 交感 (ja) (kōkan) Russian: сочувствие (ru) (sočústvije) n. Spanish: empatía (es) f.

mutual relationship

Catalan: simpatia (ca) f. French: sympathie (fr) f. German: Sympathie (de) f.

Polish: sympatia (pl) f. Russian: симпатия (ru) (simpátija) f.

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Arabic: تعاطف (taʕāṭafa) Dutch: medelijden Korean: 동정 (dongjeong)

Portuguese: compaixão f., simpatia f., afinidade f. Spanish: compasión f. Swedish: medkänsla Telugu: సానుభూతి (saanubhooti)