fellow feeling

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fellow feeling

1. Sympathetic awareness of others; rapport.

2. Community of interest.

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fellow feeling

1. mutual sympathy or friendship

2. an opinion held in common

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fel′low feel′ing

1. sympathetic feeling; sympathy.

2. a sense of shared interest.

[1605–15]

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Noun

fellow feeling - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

sympathy

feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

concern - a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"

kindheartedness, kind-heartedness - sympathy arising from a kind heart

compassion, compassionateness - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

commiseration, pity, pathos, ruth - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

compatibility - a feeling of sympathetic understanding

empathy - understanding and entering into another's feelings

Translations

simpatia

fellow feeling

n → simpatia

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