"empath" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛm.pæθ/ Audio: En-us-empath.oga [US] Forms: empaths [plural]
Etymology: From empathy. Etymology templates: {{m|en|empathy}} empathy Head templates: {{en-noun}} empath (plural empaths)
  1. One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who has the ability to sense emotions): Empath [masculine] (German), Empathin [feminine] (German), empata (Hungarian), pessoa empática [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-empath-en-noun-qbNrLtWq Disambiguation of People: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'one who has the ability to sense emotions': 68 32
  2. (science fiction, parapsychology) A person with extra-sensory empathic ability, capable of sensing the emotions of others around them in a way unexplained by conventional science and psychology. Categories (topical): Parapsychology, Science fiction, Fictional abilities Translations (person with extra-sensory empathic ability): empaatti (Finnish), Empath [masculine] (German), émpata [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-empath-en-noun-Fi0DCOFK Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Topics: literature, media, parapsychology, pseudoscience, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'person with extra-sensory empathic ability': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dark empath Related terms: telepath

Inflected forms

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