EMPATHY

empathy

(noun) understanding and entering into anotherā€™s feelings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

empathy (countable and uncountable, plural empathies)

Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.

Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.

(parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.

Usage notes

Used similarly to sympathy, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, empathy is stronger and more intimate, meaning that the subject understands and shares an emotion with the objectā€”as in ā€œI feel your painā€ā€”while sympathy is weaker and more distantā€”concern, but not shared emotion: ā€œI care for youā€.

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22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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