"sympathizer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sympathizers [plural]
Etymology: From sympathize + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sympathize|er}} sympathize + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sympathizer (plural sympathizers)
  1. (often derogatory) A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter. Tags: derogatory, often Translations (supporter): simpatitzant [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), sympathisant [masculine] (French), sympathisante [feminine] (French), Sympathisant [masculine] (German), Sympathisantin [feminine] (German), co-ennaghtagh [masculine] (Manx), sympatyk [masculine] (Polish), sympatyczka [feminine] (Polish), сочу́вствующий (sočúvstvujuščij) [masculine] (Russian), сочу́вствующая (sočúvstvujuščaja) [feminine] (Russian), сторо́нник (storónnik) [masculine] (Russian), сторо́нница (storónnica) [feminine] (Russian), симпатиза́нт (simpatizánt) [masculine] (Russian), симпатиза́нтка (simpatizántka) [feminine] (Russian), simpatizante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), sympatisör [common-gender] (Swedish), sempatizan (Turkish), duygudaş (Turkish)
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  2. (now rare) A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People Translations (person who enters into the feelings of another): сочу́вствующий (sočúvstvujuščij) [masculine] (Russian), сочу́вствующая (sočúvstvujuščaja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sympathizer-en-noun-lEd49CPf Disambiguation of People: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'person who enters into the feelings of another': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sympathiser Derived forms: comsymp Related terms: fellow traveller

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "симпатиза́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "supporter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "simpatizante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "supporter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sympatisör"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "supporter",
      "word": "sempatizan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "supporter",
      "word": "duygudaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sočúvstvujuščij",
      "sense": "person who enters into the feelings of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сочу́вствующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sočúvstvujuščaja",
      "sense": "person who enters into the feelings of another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сочу́вствующая"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sympathizer"
}

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