sympathetic
adjEtymology
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.
- borrowed from sympathēticus
Definitions
Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
- John looked very upset. I gave him a sympathetic look.
- Vaublanc, in San Domingo so sympathetic to the sorrows of labour in France, had to fly from Paris in August, 1792, to escape the wrath of the French workers.
Attracting the liking of others. (of a person)
Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity,…
Relating to, producing, or denoting an effect which arises through an affinity, interdependence, or mutual association.
- Sympathetic magic is based on imitation or correspondence.
- sympathetic ink
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Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves…
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.
- Sympathetic innervation involves epinephrine.
- It was suggested that adrenaline might act at the junction of sympathetic nerves and the effector organs, and that adrenaline might be released at sympathetic nerve endings.
A sympathetic nerve.
The neighborhood
- neighborsympathico-
Derived
antisympathetic, cardiosympathetic, himpathetic, neurosympathetic, nonsympathetic, oculosympathetic, orthosympathetic, oversympathetic, parasympathetic, perisympathetic, presympathetic, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, somatosympathetic, sympathetically, sympathetic chain, sympathetic detonation, sympathetic hyperactivity, sympathetic ink, sympatheticism, sympathetic magic, sympathetic nervous system, sympatheticness, sympatheticolytic, sympathetic powder, sympathetic string, sympathetic trunk, sympathetic vibration, sympathin, sympatho-, sympath-, sympitar, unsympathetic, vagosympathetic, vestibulosympathetic
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at sympathetic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at sympathetic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at sympathetic
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA