"compassion fatigue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compassion fatigues [plural]
Etymology: From compassion + fatigue. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|compassion|fatigue}} compassion + fatigue Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} compassion fatigue (usually uncountable, plural compassion fatigues)
  1. The exhaustion of the capacity to react with sympathy to another's misfortune owing to one's overexposure to their previous misfortunes. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-compassion_fatigue-en-noun-1-xRLKpq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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