Sympathy
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- | '''Sympathy''' is an emotional affinity in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other, and its synonym is pity. ''Sympathy'' comes from the [[Latin]] sympatha, from [[Greek language|Greek]]: συμπάθεια transliterated as ''sympatheia'', from συν + [[πάσχω]] = συμπάσχω literally: ''to suffer together'' also: affected by like feelings or emotion. Thus the essence of sympathy is that a person's feelings reflect or are like those of another or that a person ''suffers'' as a response to, or because of, another person's ''suffering''. | + | '''Sympathy''' is an emotional affinity in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other, and its synonym is pity. ''Sympathy'' comes from the [[Latin]] sympatha, from [[Greek language|Greek]]: συμπάθεια transliterated as ''sympatheia'', from [[συν]] + [[πάσχω]] = συμπάσχω literally: ''to suffer together'' also: affected by like feelings or emotion. Thus the essence of sympathy is that a person's feelings reflect or are like those of another or that a person ''suffers'' as a response to, or because of, another person's ''suffering''. |
Sympathy exists when the feelings or [[emotions]] of one person give rise to similar feelings in another person, creating a state of shared feeling. | Sympathy exists when the feelings or [[emotions]] of one person give rise to similar feelings in another person, creating a state of shared feeling. | ||
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The [[psychology|psychological]] state of sympathy is closely linked with that of [[empathy]], but is not identical to it. | The [[psychology|psychological]] state of sympathy is closely linked with that of [[empathy]], but is not identical to it. | ||
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*[[Empathy]] | *[[Empathy]] | ||
*[[Pity]] | *[[Pity]] | ||
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*[[Emotional intelligence]] | *[[Emotional intelligence]] | ||
*[[Sympathism]] | *[[Sympathism]] | ||
+ | *[[Chemical affinities]] | ||
+ | *[[Love theory]] | ||
+ | *[[Sympathetic character]] | ||
==Namesakes== | ==Namesakes== | ||
*[[Sympathy for the Devil (disambiguation)|Sympathy for the Devil]] | *[[Sympathy for the Devil (disambiguation)|Sympathy for the Devil]] | ||
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Sympathy is an emotional affinity in which whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other, and its synonym is pity. Sympathy comes from the Latin sympatha, from Greek: συμπάθεια transliterated as sympatheia, from συν + πάσχω = συμπάσχω literally: to suffer together also: affected by like feelings or emotion. Thus the essence of sympathy is that a person's feelings reflect or are like those of another or that a person suffers as a response to, or because of, another person's suffering.
Sympathy exists when the feelings or emotions of one person give rise to similar feelings in another person, creating a state of shared feeling. In common usage, sympathy is usually the sharing of unhappiness or suffering, but it can also refer to sharing other (positive) emotions as well. In a broader sense, it can refer to the sharing of political or ideological sentiments, such as in the phrase "a communist sympathiser".
The psychological state of sympathy is closely linked with that of empathy, but is not identical to it.
See also
- Elective Affinities
- Empathy
- Pity
- Compassion
- Emotional intelligence
- Sympathism
- Chemical affinities
- Love theory
- Sympathetic character
Namesakes