fellow-feeling
Emotional common ground
Fellow-feeling is sympathy or empathy—the capacity to share in another's emotions or experiences.
It suggests emotional kinship, understanding someone's situation because you've been there yourself: There was an immediate fellow-feeling among the survivors.
The term is somewhat old-fashioned but captures a warmth that "empathy" lacks.
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
identification · vicariousness · resonance · intuition · perception · insight · awareness · emotional intelligence
Forming close connections
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- kinshipState of being related
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
congeniality · companionship · warmth · closeness · connection · conviviality · geniality · amity
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
mutual support · common cause · alliance · coalition · movement · activism · cooperation · joint action
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- goodwillKindly, generous spirit
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
humanitarianism · magnanimity · kindheartedness · tender-heartedness · beneficence · gentleness · softheartedness · compassionateness
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
attunement · identification · vicariousness · resonance · intuition · perception · insight · awareness · emotional intelligence · tenderness
bonding
Forming close connections
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- kinshipState of being related
affinity · congeniality · companionship · warmth · closeness · connection · conviviality · geniality · amity · neighborliness
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
collectivism · mutual support · common cause · alliance · coalition · movement · activism · cooperation · joint action · consensus
altruism
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- goodwillKindly, generous spirit
- generosityReadiness to give freely
philanthropy · humanitarianism · magnanimity · kindheartedness · tender-heartedness · beneficence · gentleness · softheartedness · compassionateness · big-heartedness
- compassionsympathy, empathy, caring, kindness, tenderness
- empathyempathy, sympathy, compassion, kindness, understanding
- generositygiving, benevolence, donations, magnanimity, gifts
- moral emotionsguilt, shame, remorse, moral guilt, conscience