sympathetic contact


nounSociology.
  1. behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on their group membership.

Origin of sympathetic contact

1
First recorded in 1840–50

Words Nearby sympathetic contact

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How to use sympathetic contact in a sentence

  • The calling is the point of sympathetic contact with God where their purposes become the same.

    Quiet Talks on Prayer | S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
  • He animates and electrifies each musician, and always remains in sympathetic contact with the whole instrumental body.

  • The highest working qualities are best trained by active and sympathetic contact with others in the affairs of daily life.

    Character | Samuel Smiles
  • With this movement of opinion Robert had very soon found himself in close and sympathetic contact.

    Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry Ward