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  1. sympathy, understanding - an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

    --1 is a kind of inclination, disposition, tendency

    Derived forms: verb sympathize2, verbsympathise3

  2. sympathy, fellow feeling - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

    --2 is a kind of feeling

    --2 has particulars: concern; kindheartedness; compassion, compassionateness; commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos; compatibility, rapport; empathyDerived form: verbsympathize3

  3. sympathy - a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"

    --3 is a kind of affinity, kinship

    --3 has particulars: mutual understanding, mutual affection

    Derived forms: verb sympathize1, verbsympathise1

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