- fellow-feeling
- fellow-feeling 1610s, an attempt to translate L. compassio and Gk. sympatheia. It yielded a back-formed verb, fellow-feel in 17c.
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Fellow-feeling — Fel low feel ing, n. 1. Sympathy; a like feeling. [1913 Webster] 2. Joint interest. [Obs.] Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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fellow feeling — ► NOUN ▪ sympathy based on shared experiences … English terms dictionary
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fellow feeling — 1. sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate. 2. a sense of joint interest: to act out of fellow feeling to support one s country. [1605 15] * * * … Universalium
fellow feeling — also fellow feeling N UNCOUNT Fellow feeling is sympathy and friendship that exists between people who have shared similar experiences or difficulties … English dictionary
fellow feeling — the fellow feeling he had for his jilted brother came from recent experience Syn: sympathy, empathy, feeling, compassion, care, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, warmth, tenderness, (brotherly) love; pity, sorrow, commiseration … Thesaurus of popular words
fellow feeling — noun A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings. [I]s the character and property of the man, who labours for our intellectual pleasures, less entitled to a share of our fellow feeling, than… … Wiktionary
fellow-feeling — see fellow feeling … English dictionary
