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empathy - Dictionary definition and meaning for empathy

EMPATHY

  • (noun) understanding and entering into another's feelings

    Empathy is a stronger term than sympathy: "Christine is very sympathetic to my situation but I don't feel that she really empathizes with what I am going through." "Her empathy for others often leads her to become too involved with other people." It -added by karthickv2006

    I empathise with the plight of the street children of our country. -added by priyavanjeri

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Mnemonics for empathy

  • (Tag: ) simliar to ===sympathy ( the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in their situation)

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  • (Tag: )  People often confuse the words empathy and sympathy. Empathy means 'the ability to understand feelings of another'(as in both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines), whereas sympathy=pity

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