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a) the intellectual identification of the thoughts, feelings, or state of another personb) capacity to understand another persons point of view or the result of such understanding
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Empathy — is the capacity to recognize or understand another s state of mind or emotion. It is often characterized as the ability to put oneself into another s shoes , or to in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself.It… … Wikipedia
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empathy — 1. This is originally a term used in psychology and aesthetics meaning ‘the power of identifying oneself mentally with (and so fully comprehending) a person or object of contemplation’. In general use it tends to replace sympathy or feeling for… … Modern English usage
empathy — index rapport, understanding (tolerance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
empathy — (n.) 1903, from Ger. Einfühlung (from ein in + Fühlung feeling ), coined 1858 by German philosopher Rudolf Lotze (1817 1881) as a translation of Gk. empatheia passion, state of emotion, from en in (see EN (Cf. en ) (2)) + pathos feeling (see… … Etymology dictionary
empathy — *sympathy, pity, compassion, commiseration, ruth, condolence Analogous words: imagination, fancy, fantasy: appreciation, understanding, comprehension (see corresponding verbs at UNDERSTAND) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
empathy — [n] understanding affinity, appreciation, being on same wavelength*, being there for someone*, communion, community of interests, compassion, comprehension, concord, cottoning to*, good vibrations*, hitting it off*, insight, picking up on*, pity … New thesaurus
empathy — ► NOUN ▪ the ability to empathize. DERIVATIVES empathetic adjective empathic adjective. ORIGIN Greek empatheia, from pathos feeling … English terms dictionary
