Sympathetic
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The word sympathetic means different things in different contexts.
- In neurology, the sympathetic nervous system is a part of the autonomic nervous system.
- In music theory, sympathetic strings are strings on a musical instrument that resonate on their own.
- In psychology, sympathy is a feeling of compassion or identification with another.
- In religion, metaphysics, medicine, sympathy is the belief that like affects like, that something can be influenced through its relationship with another thing.
