fellow feeling

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noun

sympathetic feeling; sympathy: to have fellow feeling for the unfortunate.
a sense of joint interest: to act out of fellow feeling to support one's country.

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Origin of fellow feeling

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby fellow feeling

felliniesque, fellmonger, felloe, fellow, fellow creature, fellow feeling, fellow servant, fellow traveler, fellow traveller, fellow-servant rule, fellowly
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Words related to fellow feeling

agape, concern, empathy, identification, rapport, warmth, responsiveness, relating, vibes

British Dictionary definitions for fellow feeling

fellow feeling

noun

mutual sympathy or friendship
an opinion held in common
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