empathy
[ em-puh-thee ]
/ ˈɛm pə θi /
noun
the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
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.
Words nearby empathy
empanada, empanel, empathetic, empathic, empathize, empathy, empedocles, empennage, emperipolesis, emperor, emperor butterfly
Origin of empathy
SYNONYMS FOR empathy
1 See sympathy.
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British Dictionary definitions for empathies
empathy
/ (ˈɛmpəθɪ) /
noun
the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelingsSee also identification (def. 3b)
the attribution to an object, such as a work of art, of one's own emotional or intellectual feelings about it
Derived forms of empathy
empathist, nounWord Origin for empathy
C20: from Greek empatheia affection, passion, intended as a rendering of German Einfühlung, literally: a feeling in; see en- ², -pathy
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Medicine definitions for empathies
empathy
[ ĕm′pə-thē ]
n.
Direct identification with, understanding of, and vicarious experience of another person's situation, feelings, and motives.
The projection of one's own feelings or emotional state onto an object or animal.
Other words from empathy
em′pa•thet′ic (-thĕt′ĭk) null adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Culture definitions for empathies
empathy
[ (em-puh-thee) ]
Identifying oneself completely with an object or person, sometimes even to the point of responding physically, as when, watching a baseball player swing at a pitch, one feels one's own muscles flex.
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