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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛmpəθi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-empathy.wav Forms: empathies [plural]
Etymology: A twentieth-century borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια (empátheia, literally “passion”) (formed from ἐν (en, “in, at”) + πάθος (páthos, “feeling”)), coined by Edward Bradford Titchener in 1909 to translate German Einfühlung. The modern word in Greek εμπάθεια (empátheia) has an opposite meaning denoting strong negative feelings and prejudice against someone. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἐμπάθεια|lit=passion}} Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια (empátheia, literally “passion”), {{coin|en|Edward Bradford Titchener|in=1909|nobycat=1|nocap=1|w=Edward B. Titchener}} coined by Edward Bradford Titchener in 1909, {{cal|en|de|Einfühlung|notext=1}} German Einfühlung, {{cog|el|εμπάθεια}} Greek εμπάθεια (empátheia) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} empathy (countable and uncountable, plural empathies)
  1. Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: fellow feeling Translations (intellectual identification with another person): تَعَاطُف (taʕāṭuf) [masculine] (Arabic), спачува́нне (spačuvánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), суперажыва́нне (supjeražyvánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), эмпа́тыя (empátyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), съприча́стие (sǎpričástie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), съчу́вствие (sǎčúvstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), емпа́тия (empátija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), empatia [feminine] (Catalan), 移情 (yíqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 同感 (tónggǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), empatie [feminine] (Czech), inlevingsvermogen [neuter] (Dutch), empathie [feminine] (Dutch), empatio (Esperanto), empatia (Finnish), empathie [feminine] (French), ემპათია (emṗatia) (Georgian), Empathie [feminine] (German), ενσυναίσθηση (ensynaísthisi) [feminine] (Greek), אֶמְפַּתְיָה (empátya) [feminine] (Hebrew), सहानुभूति (sahānubhūti) [feminine] (Hindi), तदनुभूति (tadnubhūti) [feminine] (Hindi), empátia (Hungarian), beleérzés (Hungarian), beleérző képesség (Hungarian), empatio (Ido), empati (Indonesian), empatia [feminine] (Italian), 共感 (kyōkan) (alt: きょうかん) (Japanese), 공감 (gonggam) (alt: 共感) (Korean), емпатија (empatija) [feminine] (Macedonian), സഹാനുഭൂതി (sahānubhūti) (Malayalam), ngākau aroha (Maori), empati [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), empati [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), همدلی (hamdeli) (Persian), empatia [feminine] (Polish), empatia [feminine] (Portuguese), empatie [feminine] (Romanian), сочу́вствие (sočúvstvije) [neuter] (Russian), эмпа́тия (empátija) [feminine] (Russian), сопережива́ние (sopereživánije) [neuter] (Russian), co-fhaireachdainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), iochd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), empatia [feminine] (Slovak), vcítenie [neuter] (Slovak), empatía [feminine] (Spanish), empati [common-gender] (Swedish), empati (Turkish), співчуття́ (spivčuttjá) [neuter] (Ukrainian), емпа́тія (empátija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), співпережива́ння (spivperežyvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), thấu cảm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-empathy-en-noun-eKAvjo4d Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 4 18 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 16 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 14 32 31 Disambiguation of 'intellectual identification with another person': 43 29 25 3
  2. The capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (capacity to understand another person's point of view): empatia [feminine] (Catalan), 移情 (yíqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 同感 (tónggǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), empati (Danish), Einfühlungsvermögen [neuter] (German), Empathie [feminine] (German), κατανόηση (katanóisi) [feminine] (Greek), συμπάθεια (sympátheia) [feminine] (Greek), hluttekning [feminine] (Icelandic), empatio (Ido), empatia [feminine] (Italian), 공감능력 (gonggam-neungnyeok) (Korean), സഹാനുഭൂതി (sahānubhūti) (Malayalam), ngākau aroha (Maori), empatia [feminine] (Polish), empatia [feminine] (Portuguese), empatie [feminine] (Romanian), сочу́вствие (sočúvstvije) [neuter] (Russian), сопережива́ние (sopereživánije) [neuter] (Russian), эмпа́тия (empátija) [feminine] (Russian), co-fhaireachdainn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), iochd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), empatía [feminine] (Spanish), empati [common-gender] (Swedish), cộng cảm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-empathy-en-noun-bjIm0q7O Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 16 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 14 32 31 Disambiguation of "capacity to understand another person's point of view": 8 69 21 2
  3. (parapsychology, science fiction) A paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Parapsychology, Science fiction, Fictional abilities
    Sense id: en-empathy-en-noun-I3sD~3wv Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 7 5 55 33 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 4 18 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 16 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 14 32 31 Topics: literature, media, parapsychology, pseudoscience, publishing, science-fiction
  4. (obsolete slang) MDMA. Tags: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Recreational drugs Synonyms: ecstasy
    Sense id: en-empathy-en-noun-Ee78a8qO Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 9 2 11 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -pathy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 5 30 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -pathy: 21 5 29 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 4 18 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 4 23 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 2 23 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 22 6 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 7 23 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 5 25 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 15 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 21 3 24 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 5 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 3 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 5 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 15 26 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 5 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 21 7 28 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 22 7 24 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 14 25 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 23 3 23 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 23 16 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 3 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 23 3 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 23 16 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 23 3 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 6 20 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 6 25 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 19 2 18 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 16 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 6 22 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 14 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 3 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 20 5 31 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 23 16 27 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 3 25 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 5 24 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 23 16 27 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cold empathy, double empathy problem, empath, empathic, empathy belly, empathy map, hot empathy, hyperempathetic, hyperempathy, pseudo-empathy Related terms: sympathy, technopathy, telepathy

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "word": "ემპათია"
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          "alt": "きょうかん",
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          "roman": "kyōkan",
          "sense": "intellectual identification with another person",
          "word": "共感"
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          "alt": "共感",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gonggam",
          "sense": "intellectual identification with another person",
          "word": "공감"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "empatija",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sahānubhūti",
          "sense": "intellectual identification with another person",
          "word": "സഹാനുഭൂതി"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "intellectual identification with another person",
          "word": "ngākau aroha"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "intellectual identification with another person",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "intellectual identification with another person",
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          "word": "empati"
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        {
          "_dis1": "43 29 25 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamdeli",
          "sense": "intellectual identification with another person",
          "word": "همدلی"
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        {
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          "code": "pl",
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      "roman": "gonggam-neungnyeok",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "word": "공감능력"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sahānubhūti",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "word": "സഹാനുഭൂതി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "word": "ngākau aroha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sočúvstvije",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сочу́вствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sopereživánije",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сопережива́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "empátija",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эмпа́тия"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "co-fhaireachdainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iochd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empatía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "empati"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "capacity to understand another person's point of view",
      "word": "cộng cảm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "empathy"
}

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