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sympathists

sympathists is the plural of sympathist.

Meaning of sympathist

Noun

sympathist (plural sympathists)

  1. Someone who sympathizes; a sympathizer.
    • the sensation , -of human auditors , —of flesh and blood sympathists - acts as a support and a stimulation a tergoc. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Some Other Plays of Shakespeare
  2. (archaic) One who is susceptible to hypnotic suggestion.

Questions about sympathists

What is sympathists the plural of?
Sympathists is the plural of sympathist.

Words near sympathists in the dictionary

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

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