sympathy
perception, understanding, and reaction to the distress or need of another human being
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Summary
sympathy is an emotion[1]. sympathy draws 1,796 Wikipedia views per month (emotion category, ranking #19 of 42).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: feeling[3]
- Part of: psychological terminology[4]
- Commons category: Sympathy[5]
- Opposite of: antipathy[6]
- Facet of: psychology[7]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11]
- Different from: compassion[12], sympathetic magic[13], sympathy[14], mimpathy[15]
- P14541: 4RK4DG[16]
Why It Matters
sympathy has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] sympathy is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]