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Definition of Empathy
1. Noun. Understanding and entering into another's feelings.
Definition of Empathy
1. Noun. the intellectual identification of the thoughts, feelings, or state of another person ¹
2. Noun. capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding ¹
3. Noun. (parapsychology science fiction) a paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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
Literary usage of Empathy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"empathy There is still another possible way in which play may gratify ...
Perhaps because of empathy, the " feeling oneself into " the object contemplated. ..."
2. Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers by Diane Depanfilis (1995)
"empathy is a process of attempting to experience another's world and then communicate
... The focus in empathy is on tuning in to the client's feelings and ..."
3. Motivational Enhancement Therapy Manual: A Clinical Research Guide for by William R. Miller (1994)
"The therapeutic skill of accurate empathy (sometimes also called active listening,
reflection, ... empathy is commonly thought of as "feeling with" people, ..."
4. The æsthetic Attitude by Herbert Sidney Langfeld (1920)
"DESCRIPTION OF empathy BY ART CRITICS In the writings of artists one finds many
references to empathic responses. In fact, their descriptions are very ..."
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