sympathist en · NOUN
Etymology
From sympathy + -ist.
Meanings
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Someone who sympathizes; a sympathizer.
c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Some Other Plays of Shakespeare the sensation , -of human auditors , —of flesh and blood sympathists - acts as a support and a stimulation a tergo
- (archaic) One who is susceptible to hypnotic suggestion.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sympathists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |