Sympathetic may refer to: *

Sympathy Sympathy is the perception of, understanding of, and reaction to the Mental distress, distress or need of another life form. According to philosopher David Hume, this sympathetic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint from a personal perspe ...

, in psychology, a feeling of compassion or identification with another * Sympathetic detonation, a detonation, usually unintended, of an explosive charge by a nearby explosion *

Sympathetic magic Sympathetic magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of Magic (paranormal), magic based on imitation or correspondence. Similarity and contagion James George Frazer coined the term "sympathetic magic" in ''The Golden Bough'' (1889); Rich ...

, in religion, magic, and anthropology, the belief that like affects like, that something can be influenced through its relationship with another thing *

Sympathetic nervous system The sympathetic nervous system (SNS or SANS, sympathetic autonomic nervous system, to differentiate it from the somatic nervous system) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the parasympathetic nervous sy ...

, in neurology and neuroscience, a part of the autonomic nervous system *

Sympathetic resonance Sympathetic resonance or sympathetic vibration is a harmonic phenomenon wherein a passive string or vibratory body responds to external vibrations to which it has a harmonic likeness. The classic example is demonstrated with two similarly-tuned ...

, a harmonic phenomenon wherein a body responds to external vibrations *

Sympathetic strings Sympathetic strings or resonance strings are auxiliary strings found on many Indian musical instruments, as well as some Western Baroque instruments and a variety of folk instruments. They are typically not played directly by the performer (ex ...

, in music theory, strings on a musical instrument that resonate without contact * "Sympathetic", a song by Seether from ''

Disclaimer II ''Disclaimer II'' is the second studio album by South African rock band Seether. It is a recompilation of the band's first album, '' Disclaimer'', from 2002. Although the 12 tracks from the original album are present, they were slightly remixe ...

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