fellow feeling
Mutual emotional resonance
Fellow feeling is sympathy or empathy arising from shared experience or common humanity—the sense of connection that comes from recognizing yourself in another's situation.
There was a fellow feeling among the survivors.
The term suggests warmth born of similarity: fellow travelers, fellow sufferers, fellow humans understanding each other's struggles.
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- caringShowing kind concern
warmth · tenderness · concern · consideration · sensitivity · gentleness · benevolence · mercy
Goodwill among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
esprit de corps · togetherness · mutual support · collectivism · cooperation · mutuality · alliance · common cause
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- relatabilityQuality inviting connection
- shared experienceEvent undergone by multiple people
- common groundPoints of agreement
understanding · attunement · mirroring · perspective-taking · emotional contagion · rapport · connection · like-mindedness
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- understandingMental comprehension of something
caring · warmth · tenderness · concern · consideration · sensitivity · gentleness · benevolence · mercy · pity
camaraderie
Goodwill among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
- unityWholeness through cohesion
comradeship · esprit de corps · togetherness · mutual support · collectivism · cooperation · mutuality · alliance · common cause · shared purpose
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- relatabilityQuality inviting connection
- shared experienceEvent undergone by multiple people
common ground · understanding · attunement · mirroring · perspective-taking · emotional contagion · rapport · connection · like-mindedness · emotional intelligence
- compassionsympathy, empathy, caring, kindness, tenderness
- empathyempathy, sympathy, compassion, kindness, understanding
- kindnesskindness, niceness, goodness, gentleness, empathy
- comfortcomfort, comforts, coziness, snugness, softness
- moral emotionsguilt, shame, remorse, moral guilt, conscience
fellow feelingindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · callousness · coldness · hard-heartedness · heartlessness
fellow feelinghostility
Antagonistic disposition toward others
antagonism · animosity · alienation · misanthropy · ill will
fellow feelingschadenfreude
Delight in others' misfortune
cruelty · sadism · malice · spite · heartlessness