fellow-feeling

Definitions

A sense of shared experience or common interest with others.

Sympathy, compassion, or empathy for the feelings of others.

Examples

Her natural fellow-feeling for the underprivileged led her to dedicate her life to social work.

The shared hardship of the journey created a deep sense of fellow-feeling among the travelers.

A true leader must possess enough fellow-feeling to understand the struggles of those they represent.

Synonyms

empathy compassion sympathy understanding kindness solidarity pity

Antonyms

apathy indifference callousness insensitivity detachment coldness heartlessness