"fellow feeling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fellow feelings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} fellow feeling (usually uncountable, plural fellow feelings)
  1. A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: empathy, fellow-feeling Translations (A sense of sympathy): симпатия (simpatija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), разбирателство (razbiratelstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), szimpátia (Hungarian), együttérzés (Hungarian), rokonszenv (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-fellow_feeling-en-noun-tCBS6kML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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