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sympatheticism

sympatheticism noun: the trait of showing excessive sympathy.

Noun

sympatheticism (uncountable)

  1. (dated, rare) The trait of showing excessive sympathy.

Origin of sympatheticism

From sympathetic + -ism.

Questions about sympatheticism

What does sympatheticism mean?
Sympatheticism means the trait of showing excessive sympathy.
What part of speech is sympatheticism?
Sympatheticism is a noun.

Words near sympatheticism in the dictionary

  1. sympathetic trunks
  2. sympathetic vibration
  3. sympathetic vibrations
  4. sympathetical
  5. sympathetically
  6. sympatheticism
  7. sympathetick
  8. sympatheticness
  9. sympatheticolytic
  10. sympatheticolytics
  11. sympathetics

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