SINCE 1828
fellow feeling
nounDefinition of fellow feeling
: a feeling of community of interest or of mutual understanding
Examples of fellow feeling in a Sentence
There's a sense of sympathy and fellow feeling among members of the group.
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At the present moment, many Americans feel as Boston’s didacts once did: desperate to see their country regain a sense of common perspective and fellow feeling that once existed, if only in myth. — Justin T. Clark, BostonGlobe.com, "Building Boston to shape morality," 14 Apr. 2018 This shared outrage reinforces the fellow feeling; a lack of appropriate outrage marks you out as not belonging. — The Economist, "Less Euromaidan, more GamergateOnce considered a boon to democracy, social media have started to look like its nemesis," 4 Nov. 2017 This shared outrage reinforces the fellow feeling — The Economist, "Less Euromaidan, more GamergateOnce considered a boon to democracy, social media have started to look like its nemesis," 4 Nov. 2017 What might all this fellow feeling mean for the president’s war on Sessions? — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, "Senate Republicans love their former colleague Jeff Sessions. If Trump fires the attorney general, will they finally grow spines?," 27 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fellow feeling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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