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Etymology
From Middle French sympathie, from Late Latin sympathia, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: sym‧pa‧thie
Noun
sympathie f (plural sympathieën)
- sympathy
- Coordinate term: empathie
Derived terms
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Pronunciation
Noun
sympathie f (plural sympathies)
- sympathy
- Antonym: antipathie
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Further reading
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sympathīa.
Noun
sympathie f (plural sympathies)
- sympathy (feeling of mutual like)
- harmony
1590, Nicolaes de Blocq, La difference qvil y a entre les divinations licites & illicites, pour iuger des changemens & ruines des republiques, page 64:[…] il y a quelques scavans personages qui tiennent pour impossible ce qu'on a volu faire croire à la sympathie entre les causes celestes & choses terrestres- there are some learned people who believe it is impossible, that which we have been told to believe about the harmony between celestial causes and earthly matters
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