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- Dictionaryempathetic/ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
adjective
- 1. showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another: "she's compassionate and empathetic towards her daughter"
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EMPATHETIC definition: 1. having the ability to imagine how someone else feels: 2. having the ability to imagine how…. Learn more.
: involving, characterized by, or based on empathy. empathetically. ˌem-pə-ˈthe-ti-k (ə-)lē. adverb. Synonyms. commiserative. compassionate. empathic. humane. sympathetic. understanding. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of empathetic in a Sentence.
Empathetic definition: relating to or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of others. See examples of EMPATHETIC used in a sentence.
EMPATHETIC meaning: 1. having the ability to imagine how someone else feels: 2. having the ability to imagine how…. Learn more.
/emˈpæθɪk/ ) able to understand how somebody else feels because you can imagine what it is like to be that person. an empathetic listener. empathetic to/towards somebody/something His personal history makes him especially empathetic to workers' need for a fair wage.
An empathetic person is someone who can share another person's feelings. If you tell an empathetic person that your heart is broken, she might touch her own heart and gaze at you sadly through moist eyes.
The meaning of EMPATHY is the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another; also : the capacity for this. How to use empathy in a sentence.
Someone who is empathetic has the ability to share another person's feelings or emotions as if they were their own.
the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person’s situation: He loves children and has a certain empathy with them. (Definition of empathy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of empathy. empathy.
noun. the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of another: She put an arm around her friend’s shoulders and stood by her in silent empathy. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself:
