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Definitions for Empathy
[1] the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
[2] the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.
[3] the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelings See also identification (def. 3b)
[4] the attribution to an object, such as a work of art, of one's own emotional or intellectual feelings about it
Words related to Empathy
pity, appreciation, compassion, insight, rapport, sympathy, affinity, warmth, responsiveness, concord, soul, communion, comprehension, recognition
Words nearby Empathy
empanada, empanel, empathetic, empathic, empathize, empathy, empedocles, empennage, emperipolesis, emperor, emperor butterfly
Origin of Empathy
1900–05; < Greek empátheia affection, equivalent to em- em-2 + path- (base of páschein to suffer) + -eia -ia; present meaning translates German Einfühlung
Words that may be confused with Empathy
empathy, sympathy, (see, synonym, study, at, sympathy)
Other words from Empathy
em′pa•thet′ ic (-thĕt′ ĭk ) null adj.
Word origin for Empathy
C20: from Greek empatheia affection, passion, intended as a rendering of German Einfühlung, literally: a feeling in; see en- ², -pathy
Synonyms for Empathy
affinity, appreciation, compassion, insight, pity, rapport, sympathy, warmth, communion, comprehension, concord, recognition, responsiveness, soul, being on same wavelength, being there for someone, community of interests, cottoning to, good vibrations, hitting it off, picking up on