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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.
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.
Empathetic means having or tending to have empathy—the ability or practice of imagining or trying to deeply understand what someone else is feeling or what it’s like to be in their situation. Empathy is often described as the ability to feel what others are feeling as if you are feeling it yourself.
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.
/ˌempəˈθetɪk/ (also empathic. /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.
EMPATHETIC meaning: 1. having the ability to imagine how someone else feels: 2. having the ability to imagine how…. Learn more.
