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51Sympathetic character — A sympathetic character is a loving fictional character in a story with whom the writer expects the reader to identify with and care about, if not necessarily admire. Protagonists, almost by definition, fit into the category of sympathetic… …
52sympathetic — adj. sympathetic to, with * * * [ˌsɪmpə θetɪk] with sympathetic to …
53sympathetic — adjective 1) a sympathetic listener Syn: compassionate, caring, concerned, understanding, sensitive, supportive 2) the most sympathetic character in the book Syn: likeable, pleasant, agreeable, congenial …
54sympathetic — A division of the autonomic or involuntary nervous system that works in general opposition to the parasympathetic division (q.v.). Many of the sympathetic functions are local, specific, and involve secretion of acetylcholine, like any other of …
55sympathetic nervous system — noun originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels • Hypernyms: ↑nervous system, ↑systema nervosum • Part… …
56sympathetic strike — noun a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers employer • Syn: ↑sympathy strike • Hypernyms: ↑strike, ↑work stoppage * * * noun : a strike in which the strikers make… …
57sympathetic ink — noun : secret ink * * * a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink. [1715 25] * * * sympathetic ink see under ↑ink • • • Main Entry: ↑sympathy * * * sympathetic ink, an …
58sympathetic ophthalmia — noun : inflammation in an uninjured eye as a result of injury and inflammation of the other * * * Ophthalm. inflammation of one eye due to injury or disease of the other eye. [1870 75] * * * sympathetic ophthalmia, inflammation in one eye due to… …
59sympathetic system — 1. That portion of the autonomic nervous system directly connected with the brain and innervating the fore and middle intestine, heart and certain other parts. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) see stomogastric nervous system, ventral sympathetic nervous… …
60sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them. Cf. contagious magic, imitative magic. [1900 05] * * * …
