empathy

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˈem-pə-thē\
- /ˈem.pə.θi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˈem-pə-thē\

Definitions of empathy word

noun empathy The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. 2
noun empathy feeling shared with sb 2
uncountable noun empathy Empathy is the ability to share another person's feelings and emotions as if they were your own. 1
noun empathy the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelings 1
noun empathy the attribution to an object, such as a work of art, of one's own emotional or intellectual feelings about it 1
noun empathy the projection of one's own personality into the personality of another in order to understand the person better; ability to share in another's emotions, thoughts, or feelings 0

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Parts of speech for Empathy

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exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Empathy

empathy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

empathy usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for empathy

noun empathy

understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
compassion — Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
responsiveness — the quality or state of being responsive.
identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.

All 17 Synonyms of empathy

Antonyms for empathy

noun empathy

indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
mercilessness — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.

All 10 Antonyms of empathy

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