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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryabel='example sentence:'>//His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.
EnglishMerriam-Webster DictionaryFirst Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and Etymology
Greek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathosempathy
noun
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- the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions //He felt great empathy toward the poor.Synonyms & Near SynonymsAntonyms & Near Antonymsatrocity barbarity brutality cruelty sadism savageness savagery truculence viciousness violence wantonnesscattiness malevolenceabel='example sentence:'>//His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.First Known Use1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and EtymologyGreek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathosempathynoun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions //He felt great empathy toward the poor.Synonyms & Near SynonymsAntonyms & Near Antonymsatrocity barbarity brutality cruelty sadism savageness savagery truculence viciousness violence wantonnesscattiness malevolenceabel='example sentence:'>//His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.First Known Use1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and EtymologyGreek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathosempathynoun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions //He felt great empathy toward the poor.Synonyms & Near SynonymsAntonyms & Near Antonymsatrocity barbarity brutality cruelty sadism savageness savagery truculence viciousness violence wantonnesscattiness malevolenceabel='example sentence:'>//His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.First Known Use1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and EtymologyGreek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathosempathynoun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions //He felt great empathy toward the poor.Synonyms & Near SynonymsAntonyms & Near Antonymsatrocity barbarity brutality cruelty sadism savageness savagery truculence viciousness violence wantonnesscattiness malevolenceabel='example sentence:'>//His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.First Known Use1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and EtymologyGreek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathosempathynoun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions //He felt great empathy toward the poor.Synonyms & Near SynonymsAntonyms & Near Antonymsatrocity barbarity brutality cruelty sadism savageness savagery truculence viciousness violence wantonnesscattiness malevolenceabel='example sentence:'>//His months spent researching prison life gave him greater empathy towards convicts.First Known Use1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2History and EtymologyGreek empatheia, literally, passion, from empathēs emotional, from em- + pathos feelings, emotion — more at pathosempathynoun
Synonyms & Antonyms
- the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions //He felt great empathy toward the poor.Synonyms & Near SynonymsAntonyms & Near Antonyms