fellow feeling

American  

noun

1. sympathetic feeling; sympathy.

   to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.

2. a sense of joint interest.

   to act out of fellow feeling to support one's country.

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fellow feeling British  

noun

1. mutual sympathy or friendship

2. an opinion held in common

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Etymology

Origin of fellow feeling

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

The best of our human impulses, our capacity for fellow feeling, should be fairly rewarded.

From Salon

"I had a great fellow feeling with Jo Hamilton," says Ms Hughes.

From BBC

But the material — life under the glare of fluorescents, the joys of middle management — provides eternal inspiration and fellow feeling.

From New York Times

The lights go out again in a later scene, in which any fellow feeling for Jud is extinguished.

From Los Angeles Times

And some of the dialogue rings anachronistic, as when Judith scolds Sarah Jane for her lack of fellow feeling.

From New York Times