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Sympathetic
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- 1 Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
"John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look."
- 2 Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.; Showing approval of or favor towards an idea or action.
- 3 Attracting the liking of others. (of a person)
- 4 Attracting the liking of others. (of a person); Designed in a sensitive or appropriate way.
- 5 Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association. relational
"Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence."
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- 6 Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.; A supernatural connection or power resulting from two items having the same form or some other correspondence. (of magic) relational
"One of his great enthusiasms was for a "sympathetic" weapon salve, an idea originating in Paracelsus."
- 7 Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.; Relating to musical tones produced by sympathetic vibration or to strings so tuned as to sound by sympathetic vibration. relational
- 8 Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord, supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands, and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves. relational
"Sympathetic innervation involves epinephrine."
- 1 relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body wordnet
- 2 showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity wordnet
- 3 having similar disposition and tastes wordnet
- 4 expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward wordnet
- 5 (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings wordnet
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- 6 of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system wordnet
- 1 A sympathetic nerve.
Etymology
Mid 17th century in the sense “relating to an affinity or paranormal influence”, from Latin sympathēticus. By surface analysis, sympathy + -etic (“pertaining to”); compare pathetic. Displaced native Old English efnþrōwiende.
Mid 17th century in the sense “relating to an affinity or paranormal influence”, from Latin sympathēticus. By surface analysis, sympathy + -etic (“pertaining to”); compare pathetic. Displaced native Old English efnþrōwiende.
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