empathy
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈɛmpəθi/
:
empatía
- In fact, design thinking offers fresh insights that emphasize observation, empathy, and openness, for example.
- empathy for others
- develop empathy
- enhance empathy
They were able to switch on empathy by choice.
- They were able to switch on empathy by choice.
- What about other places, though, where empathy seems off?
- And because they lack insight and empathy, they get angry.
- They don't have that empathy for their clients.
- You feel bad and that's your empathy talking and that's fine.
- He had a lot of empathy with people.
- People experience pretend empathy as though it were the real thing.
- He's not feeling any empathy at all for Anthony Fauci.
- And Somalia, I lost my empathy and compassion for humans.
- Instead, I say have incredible empathy for their situation.
- And I found it's built up my empathy, at least I think it has.
- Is my question reflective of love, of empathy, of, of compassion?
- It's where our emotion, our empathy, is most fully engaged.
- The first thing that causes confusion is our empathy with their origin story.
- Do we know where in the brain empathy resides?
Examples
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Having empathy allows you to understand the emotions of others better.
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Instead, I say have incredible empathy for their situation.
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But we must have empathy for everyone.
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Have some empathy for this man.
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As a father of two, Cook may have felt a particular empathy with this couple.
Academic text (2008) -
Working with students with disabilities may help teachers develop greater empathy and better understand their needs.
Academic text (2015) -
Empathy is particularly important to social work practice. Clients experiencing empathy through treatment have improved outcomes.
Academic text (2011) -
Caring relationships in classrooms that include empathy can increase students' desire to learn.
Academic text (2015) -
How do curricula and simulated training teach students empathy and how to connect with patients?
Academic text (2011) -
She showed great empathy for her friend, who was going through a difficult time.
Synonyms
273
1.8
Feeling of understanding and sharing another person's sadness
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3.9
Being able to notice and respond to your own and other people's feelings
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4.5
A feeling of sympathy and understanding for someone who is sad or in trouble
Antonyms
Compounds
To stay calm and understand how others feel, especially when things are difficult
How Empathic
Surface Forms
Morphology
empathy = em + pathy
Formed from the prefix 'em-' + the bound Greek combining form 'pathy' (feeling); because 'pathy' is not a standalone English word and the formation is a borrowing, learners may only partially infer the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Empathy comes from Greek parts em- meaning 'in' and path from pathos meaning 'feeling', the same root you see in sympathy. Think of it as 'feeling into' another person, which explains why empathy means understanding and sharing someone else's feelings.