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compersionism

compersionism noun: compersion.

Noun

compersionism (uncountable)

  1. compersion
    • With my recent interest in compersionism in general, and my own feelings and sexual orientation in particular, I reviewed the incident that happened a long time ago.2017 September 16, LS Harteveld, “Confessions of a Yoga Teacher – The Compersionist”, in An Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living

Origin of compersionism

From compersion + -ism, see compersion.

Questions about compersionism

What does compersionism mean?
Compersionism means compersion.
What part of speech is compersionism?
Compersionism is a noun.

Words near compersionism in the dictionary

  1. compered
  2. comperes
  3. compering
  4. compers
  5. compersion
  6. compersionism
  7. compersionist
  8. compersive
  9. compesce
  10. compesced
  11. compesces

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