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sympathism

sympathism noun: the habit of positioning oneself as a victim or martyr so as to elicit sympathy from others.

Noun

sympathism (uncountable)

  1. The habit of positioning oneself as a victim or martyr so as to elicit sympathy from others.

Origin of sympathism

From sympathy + -ism.

Questions about sympathism

What does sympathism mean?
Sympathism means the habit of positioning oneself as a victim or martyr so as to elicit sympathy from others.
What part of speech is sympathism?
Sympathism is a noun.

Words near sympathism in the dictionary

  1. sympathisers
  2. sympathises
  3. sympathising
  4. sympathisingly
  5. sympathisings
  6. sympathism
  7. sympathist
  8. sympathists
  9. sympathizable
  10. sympathize
  11. sympathized

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