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fellow feeling

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fellow feeling
n.
1. Sympathetic awareness of others; rapport.
2. Community of interest.

fellow feeling
Noun
sympathy existing between people who have shared similar experiences
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Noun1.fellow feeling - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
concern - a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
kind-heartedness, kindheartedness - sympathy arising from a kind heart
compassion, compassionateness - a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
commiseration, pity, pathos, ruth - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
compatibility - a feeling of sympathetic understanding
empathy - understanding and entering into another's feelings
Translations
Spanish fellow feeling ncompaƱerismo
French fellow feeling nsympathie f
Italian fellow feeling nsimpatia

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Her response was that she couldn't take refuge in the "easy consolations of orthodox faith" writes Hughes, and instead felt one should "nourish fellow feeling towards the men and women you encounter every day.
Were that not tedium enough, his drawing/collage style, which an admirer has called "outmoded," is reminiscent of early David Hockney, with too strong a fellow feeling for outsider art.
A warm fellow feeling pervades the room, a sense of sharing a demanding job and a determination to do it well.
 
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