sympathist

English

Etymology

From sympathy +‎ -ist.

Noun

sympathist (plural sympathists)

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

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