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empathy
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As a noun, empathy means identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
Meanings of empathy
4 meaningsnoun
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
“She had a lot of empathy for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.”
Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
parapsychologyscience fictionA paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
obsolete slangMDMA.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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