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sympathy
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympath?a (“feeling in common”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sumpátheia, “fellow feeling”), from ???????? (sumpath?s, “affected by like feelings; exerting mutual influence, interacting”) +? -?? (-ia, “-y”, nominal suffix); equivalent to sym- (“acting or considered together”) +? -pathy (“feeling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?m.p??.i/
- Rhymes: -?mp??i
Noun
sympathy (countable and uncountable, plural sympathies)
- A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
- Synonym: compassion
- (in the plural) The formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
- The ability to share the feelings of another.
- Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.
- (in the plural) Support in the form of shared feelings or opinions.
- Feeling of loyalty; tendency towards, agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude.
- An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- Mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it.
- (art) Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.
Usage notes
- Used similarly to empathy, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, empathy is stronger and more intimate, while sympathy is weaker and more distant; see empathy: usage notes.
Antonyms
- contempt (context-dependent)
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “sympathy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “sympathy”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
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enthusiasm
English
Etymology
First attested from 1603, from Middle French enthousiasme, from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (enthousiasmós), from ?? (en, “in”) + ???? (theós, “god”) + ????? (ousía, “essence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??ju?z?æz(?)m/, /?n-/
- (yod dropping) IPA(key): /-?u?-/
Noun
enthusiasm (countable and uncountable, plural enthusiasms)
- (obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
- Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
- Something in which one is keenly interested.
- 1968, Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)
- My main enthusiasm is attending and seeing the progress and interest of collectors, to meet old friends, and hopefully to make new friends.
- 1968, Central States Archaeological Journal (volumes 15-16, page 154)
Related terms
- enthuse
- enthusiast
- enthusiastic
- enthusiastically
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