empathy
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pə noun
1.
the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
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empathy (ˈɛmpəθɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also identification the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelings |
| 2. | the attribution to an object, such as a work of art, of one's own emotional or intellectual feelings about it |
| [C20: from Greek empatheia affection, passion, intended as a rendering of German Einfühlung, literally: a feeling in; see | |
| 'empathist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
empathy
1903, translation of Ger. Einfühlung (from ein "in" + Fühlung "feeling"), coined 1858 by Ger. philosopher Rudolf Lotze (1817-81) from Gk. empatheia "passion," from en- "in" + pathos "feeling" (see pathos). A term from a theory of art appreciation.
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Medical Dictionary
empathy em·pa·thy (ěm'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.
em'pa·thet'ic (-thět'ĭk) or em·path'ic (-pāth'ĭk) adj.
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Cultural Dictionary
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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Example sentences
His utter lack of empathy and understanding-- on any level-- prevents him from forming health relationships.
There are numerous shortcuts and tricks that a clever programmer can exploit to give the impression of empathy and understanding.
Respond to a question that sounds hostile in a way that conveys empathy with the interviewer's concern.
We become attached and have real or misplaced empathy.
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