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[Noun] | "em*pa*thy" | \ ˈem-pə-thē \
1: the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another; also : the capacity for this
2: the act of imagining one's ideas, feelings, or attitudes as fully inhabiting something observed (such as a work of art or natural occurrence) : the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it
Origin: 1909 ;
Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion {mat|pathos|};
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[ "empathy" ]
1: The ability to feel what another being feels; something that's sorely lacking in modern life.
* e.g., ... Teenagers seem to think lacking empathy makes them "cool."
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[ "empathy" ]
1: Empathy is like sympathy but suggests an even closer relationship.
* e.g., ... Sympathetic people try to be understanding and compassionate, but people who have empathy feel that they are inside someone else's mind and emotional being, feel that they are the other person for a while. They live with and share the other's joy, sorrow, pain, fear, love. Readers are often empathetic toward (identify with") one or more fictional characters.
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[ "empathy" ]
1: The ability to be able to feel what another person feels, whether you've been in their position or not.
* e.g., ... When Morgan told me about what her dad did to her, I had a hard time keeping from crying. I had a lot of empathy for her.
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[ "empathy" ]
1: another term for the total mind and body enhancement know to most as MDMA or ecstasy.
* e.g., ... i can feel the empathy, its good, clean.
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[ "Empathy" ]
1: The ability to identify with and understand somebody else's feelings or difficulties.
* e.g., ... Empathy..
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2: The transfer of somebody's own feelings and emotions to an object such as a painting.
* e.g., ... Just someone who is very understanding or an empath.
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[ "Empathy" ]
1: The ability to understand and relate to one's feelings.
* e.g., ... Kyle felt empathy for Louis.
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[ "Empathy" ]
1: Being tuned in to the needs and feelings of another person
* e.g., ... Louise Belcher on empathy: "What is this feeling I'm feeling right now? It's like I'm sad, for another person. Is that a thing?"
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[ "Empathy" ]
1: Or Empathetic Understanding, is the ability to intuit the emotional experiencing of another because one has, at one point or another, experienced the same thing oneself.
Sympathy is thinking about someone, but empathy is actually "Knowing" the emotion the person is experiencing, or going through.... having gone though the same emotion oneself.
* e.g., ... When I see a fat child, being made fun of, I "know" how he or she is feeling, because I felt the exact same emotion when I was young - my "knowing" is empathy.
When I see a parent pulling a little child who's legs are exhausted, and the child is crying with pain, I "know" what that child is experiencing. I experience empathy for that child.
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[ "Empathy" ]
1: The ability to recognize, comprehend, appreciate the feelings of others. In other words, it`s the ability to "read" emotionally people`s minds.
* e.g., ... The reason why people like you it`s because you really show empathy when listening to them.
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[ "Empathy" ]
1: Seeing things from another persons perspective, and putting oneself into thier position.
* e.g., ... He could empathise with his friends loss.
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