Copassionate

/koʊˈpæʃənət/ adjective

Definition

Sharing compassion or feeling compassion together; showing mutual sympathy and concern.

Etymology

From co- + passionate (from passion, Latin passio, suffering or feeling). The prefix emphasizes that compassion is shared mutually between parties.

Kelly Says

Copassionate almost never appears in modern English, but it shows up in 17th-century religious and philosophical writing—it was used to describe communities united by shared sorrow or collective empathy.

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