Definition of Empathy

1. Noun. Understanding and entering into another's feelings.

Generic synonyms: Fellow Feeling, Sympathy
Derivative terms: Empathetic, Empathise, Empathize

Definition of Empathy

1. imaginative identification with another's thoughts and feelings [n -THIES] : EMPATHIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Empathy

1. An individual's objective and insightful awareness of the feelings and behaviour of another person. It should be distinguished from sympathy, which is usually nonobjective and noncritical. It includes caring, which is the demonstration of an awareness of and a concern for the good of others. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Empathy

empathic
empathic
empathically
empathic index
empathies
empathise
empathise
empathised
empathises
empathising
empathize
empathized
empathizes
empathizing
empathy (current term)
empathy (current term)
empatron
empatrons
empayre
empayred
empayres
empayring
empeach
empeached
empeaches
Empedocles
empennage
empennages
empeople
empeopled

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