Sympathizer
noun
A person who agrees with or supports a group or idea, often a political one.
He was known as a sympathizer of the independence movement.
Often appears as...
- political sympathizer
- secret sympathizer
noun
A person who feels or shows compassion or solidarity with someone who's experiencing difficulty or hard times.
I am a sympathizer of those who are suffering.
Often appears as...
- humanitarian sympathizer
- social sympathizer
noun
A person who agrees with or supports a group or idea, often a political one.
He was known as a sympathizer of the independence movement.
Often appears as...
- political sympathizer
- secret sympathizer
noun
A person who feels or shows compassion or solidarity with someone who's experiencing difficulty or hard times.
I am a sympathizer of those who are suffering.
Often appears as...
- humanitarian sympathizer
- social sympathizer
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Political Context
Used when someone supports a cause or group, often discreetly, without active involvement.
Though not an active member, he was a long-time sympathizer of the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Connotative Tones
Can imply covert support, possibly suggestive of unspoken or secretive agreement with controversial ideas.
The activists searched for sympathizers among the crowd.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implied
Sometimes used negatively to suggest a person supports a divisive or extreme ideology.
He was unfairly labeled a sympathizer of the radical movement.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Context
Used when someone supports a cause or group, often discreetly, without active involvement.
Though not an active member, he was a long-time sympathizer of the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Connotative Tones
Can imply covert support, possibly suggestive of unspoken or secretive agreement with controversial ideas.
The activists searched for sympathizers among the crowd.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implied
Sometimes used negatively to suggest a person supports a divisive or extreme ideology.
He was unfairly labeled a sympathizer of the radical movement.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Context
Used when someone supports a cause or group, often discreetly, without active involvement.
Though not an active member, he was a long-time sympathizer of the party.
Pro Tip 2/3Connotative Tones
Can imply covert support, possibly suggestive of unspoken or secretive agreement with controversial ideas.
The activists searched for sympathizers among the crowd.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Implied
Sometimes used negatively to suggest a person supports a divisive or extreme ideology.
He was unfairly labeled a sympathizer of the radical movement.
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A child of the state -...
sympathizer all of the staff were ex-police interesting and ex probation officers the man who ran it was an ex-army officer every time I had a visit by a person who I did not know who would
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Lemn Sissay: A child of...
They -- I was put in a dormitory with a confirmed Nazi sympathizer. All of the staff were ex-police -- interesting -- and ex-probation officers. The man who ran it was an ex-army officer.
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A child of the state -...
sympathizer all of the staff were ex-police interesting and ex probation officers the man who ran it was an ex-army officer every time I had a visit by a person who I did not know who would
Video examples
Lemn Sissay: A child of...
They -- I was put in a dormitory with a confirmed Nazi sympathizer. All of the staff were ex-police -- interesting -- and ex-probation officers. The man who ran it was an ex-army officer.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Tucker Carlson
American Journalist
Certain Arabs love Dubai because it's not at all like where they live. Certain others hate it for the same reason. When you hear an Osama bin Laden sympathizer rant about the decadence and hypocrisy of the Arab ruling class, you can be certain he's picturing a nightclub in Dubai.
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John Sergeant Wise
American Author
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.
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Robert Wolders
Her father didn't have a Nazi past. He was a fascist sympathizer, but Audrey didn't try to keep that a secret. She had no tolerance for any fascist philosophy.
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Diana Taurasi
American Basketball Player
I'm not a Russian sympathizer, but after being in Russia for that long many years... like, look... they way they think isn't wrong, it's just different.
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Stephen Baldwin
American Actor
I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth, it doesn't matter.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha'am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew together, and often the reading was Ahad Ha'am's essays.
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Fethullah Gulen
Turkish Activist
If somebody who appears to be a Hizmet sympathizer has been involved in an attempted coup, he betrays my ideals.
Quote examples
Tucker Carlson
American Journalist
Certain Arabs love Dubai because it's not at all like where they live. Certain others hate it for the same reason. When you hear an Osama bin Laden sympathizer rant about the decadence and hypocrisy of the Arab ruling class, you can be certain he's picturing a nightclub in Dubai.
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John Sergeant Wise
American Author
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.
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Robert Wolders
Her father didn't have a Nazi past. He was a fascist sympathizer, but Audrey didn't try to keep that a secret. She had no tolerance for any fascist philosophy.
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Diana Taurasi
American Basketball Player
I'm not a Russian sympathizer, but after being in Russia for that long many years... like, look... they way they think isn't wrong, it's just different.
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Stephen Baldwin
American Actor
I'm a registered Independent. But my brother says it's obvious that I'm a Republican sympathizer. Once I get in the voting booth, it doesn't matter.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha'am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew together, and often the reading was Ahad Ha'am's essays.
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Fethullah Gulen
Turkish Activist
If somebody who appears to be a Hizmet sympathizer has been involved in an attempted coup, he betrays my ideals.
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