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sympathist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who sympathizes; a sympathizer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Some Other Plays of Shakespeare the sensation , -of human auditors , —of flesh and blood sympathists - acts as a support and a stimulation a tergo

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noun

Meaning 2

One who is susceptible to hypnotic suggestion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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History

Etymology

From sympathy + -ist.