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em·pa·thy

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–noun

1.	the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.

2.	the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.

[Origin: 1900–05; < Gk empátheia affection, equiv. to em- em-² + path- (base of páschein to suffer) + -eia -ia; present meaning translates G Einfühlung

]

—Synonyms 1. See sympathy.

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em·pa·thy Audio Help (ěm'pə-thē) Pronunciation Key
n.

Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.

[en-² + -pathy (translation of German Einfühlung).]

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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. Empathize (v.) was coined 1924; empathic (adj.) is from 1909.

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empathy
noun
understanding and entering into another's feelings

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology

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em·pa·thy (mp-th)
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.

empa·thetic (-th

k) or em·pathic (-p

k) adj.

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Main Entry: em·pa·thy
Pronunciation: 'em-p&-thE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -thies
1 : the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it
2 : the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for empathy

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