Definition of Empathetic

1. Adjective. Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states. "A sensitive and empathetic school counselor"

Exact synonyms: Empathic
Similar to: Sympathetic
Derivative terms: Empathy

Definition of Empathetic

1. Adjective. Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings etc; empathic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Empathetic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Empathetic

emparled
emparling
emparls
empart
emparted
emparting
emparts
empasm
empasms
empath
empathetic (current term)
empathetically
empathic
empathic index
empathicalism
empathically
empathies
empathise
empathised
empathiser
empathisers
empathises
empathising
empathize
empathized

Literary usage of Empathetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"For Diagnostic Information and Corrective Feedback Green (1986) has noted that the benefits of student oral reading are enhanced by an empathetic listener ..."

2. Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families by Peter Finn, Julie E. Tomz (1998)
"Is empathetic and possess strong interpersonal skills. Selections are from all employee groups, assignments, and rank. (Dispatcher, Clerk, Police officer, ..."

3. Evictions and the Right to Housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the by Antonio Azuela (1998)
"DERA and empathetic members of City Council hoped that Pattison would lobby the provincial government for the proposed legislation if he could be convinced ..."

4. You Can Choose to Be Happy: "Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression by Tom G. Stevens (1998)
"DEVELOP empathetic UNDERSTANDING My sexually abused client found that developing a deeper, empathetic understanding of her father and developing an ..."

5. The Mind of the Buyer: A Psychology of Selling by Harry Dexter Kitson (1921)
"For they know that if it were horizontal, the observer, with his empathetic tendency, would feel that he ought to support it to keep it from falling. ..."

6. The Psychology of Learning: An Experimental Investigation of the Economy and by Ernst Meumann, John Wallace Baird (1913)
"Individuals of this type ideate in terms of imitative, empathetic' or copying movements, with or without an actual innervation of the muscles. ..."

7. The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of ...by Sharon Harper by Sharon Harper (2000)
"... intellectual conversion is probably necessary for the participants to become open and empathetic to each other's beliefs and convictions. ..."

8. How to Plan Your School Year: Grades K-6by Jill Norris, Jeff Fessler by Jill Norris, Jeff Fessler (2001)
"Be warm and Caring An empathetic teacher creates empathetic students. Sarcasm and belittling statements create hostility. Think about a favorite teacher ..."

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