Translation
liking, fellow feeling, sympathy
Word origin
From Greek sympatheia, from syn ('with') and pathos ('feeling'), so literally feeling alongside someone. It arrived in Esperanto through the shared international vocabulary rather than from any one language.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- sympatheia
- English cognates
- sympathy, pathos, empathy
Examples
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I feel a great liking for her.
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There is a strong fellow feeling between the two brothers.
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He won the goodwill of all the neighbours.
Warmer than the English word. is the pull you feel towards someone you like, not the pity you offer at a funeral; for that, reach for kompato. The adjective simpatia accordingly means likeable, and calling a person simpatia is a compliment, not a report on their bedside manner.
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