sympathist

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noun

Someone who sympathizes; a sympathizer.

“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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Meanings

nounsympathist (plural sympathists)

plural sympathists

  1. Someone who sympathizes; a sympathizer.

    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

  2. archaicOne who is susceptible to hypnotic suggestion.

Origin

From sympathy + -ist.

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APA

sympathist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sympathist

MLA

“sympathist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sympathist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sympathist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sympathist.

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