sympathetic contact

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on their group membership.

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Etymology

Origin of sympathetic contact

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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sympathetic contact

Whether the college of commerce in America be a private institution or one supported by the public, it should form some sympathetic contact with the leading business organizations.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

Both couples are in sympathetic contact absolute and complete at one point; at another they are "poles asunder" both of them.

From Sterne by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)

I was a frequent attendant at places of amusement, public games, and races, and refreshed myself almost daily with the sympathetic contact of the numerous society which my hospitality brought round my table.

From Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Lumley, Benjamin

There were moments when she was so mortally lonely that any sympathetic contact with another life sent a glow into her veins—that she was thankful to warm herself at any fire.

From The Fruit of the Tree by Kimball, Alonzo

The calling is the point of sympathetic contact with God where their purposes become the same.

From Quiet Talks on Prayer by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)