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EMPATHIC

[em-puh-thet-ik]

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adjective

of, pertaining to, or characterized by empathy: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.

Highly Sensitive? www.strugglingwithsensitivity.com/ "Too emotional"? "Think too much"? Allergies? Autoimmune disorder(s)?

Also, em·path·ic

[em-path-ik] .

Origin:
1930–35; empath(y) + -etic

Related forms

em·pa·thet·i·cal·ly, em·path·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·em·path·ic, adjective

non·em·path·i·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confused: empathetic, sympathetic, simpatico.

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Of course, there are plenty of empathic and creative people who can handle the math, and plenty of compulsive whiners who can't.

Conversely, medical students should learn empathic skills by mastering patient simulation.

These are truly selfish reactions, which are quite different from empathic ones.

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empathic or empathetic (ɛmˈpæθɪk, ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk)

—*adj*
	of or relating to empathy

empathetic or empathetic

—*adj*

empathically or empathetic

—*adv*

empathetically or empathetic

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

empathic

1909, from empathy + -ic. Related: Empathically.

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"People whose integrity has not been damaged in childhood, who were protected, respected, and treated with honesty by their parents, will be—both in their youth and in adulthood—intelligent, responsive, empathic, and highly sensitive. They will take pleasure in life and will not feel any need to kill or even hurt others or themselves. They will use their power to defend themselves, not to attack others. They will not be able to do otherwise than respect and protect those weaker than themselves, including their children, because this is what they have learned from their own experience."

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EMPATHIC

em·pa·thet·ic