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In a broader sense, it can refer to the sharing of political or [[ideology|ideological]] sentiments, such as in the phrase "a [[communism|communist]] sympathiser". In a broader sense, it can refer to the sharing of political or [[ideology|ideological]] sentiments, such as in the phrase "a [[communism|communist]] sympathiser".
-The [[psychology|psychological]] state of sympathy is closely linked with that of [[empathy]], but is not identical to it. Empathy refers to the ability to perceive and directly experientially feel another person's emotions as they feel them, but makes no statement as to how they are viewed. Sympathy, by contrast, implies a degree of equal feeling, that is, the sympathiser views the matter similarly to how the person themselves does. It thus implies concern, or care or a wish to alleviate negative feelings others are experiencing.+The [[psychology|psychological]] state of sympathy is closely linked with that of [[empathy]], but is not identical to it.
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"To name a sensibility, to draw its contours and to recount its history, requires a deep sympathy modified by revulsion." --Susan Sontag, Notes on Camp, 1964

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.

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