empathy
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈɛmpəθi/
Noun

empathy

  1. 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.
  2. Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
  3. (parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions.
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