"empathic" meaning in English

See empathic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛmˈpæθɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-empathic.wav [General-American] Forms: more empathic [comparative], most empathic [superlative]
Rhymes: -æθɪk Etymology: Etymology tree English empathy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English empathic From empathy + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|empathy|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English empathy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English empathic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "empathic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="empathic"> From empathy + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} empathic (comparative more empathic, superlative most empathic)
  1. Showing or expressing empathy. Synonyms: empathetic Coordinate_terms: sympathetic[Appendix:Glossary, telempathic, telepathic Translations (showing or expressing empathy): съпричастен (sǎpričasten) (Bulgarian), empàtic (Catalan), empatický [masculine] (Czech), empatisk (Danish), empathisch (Dutch), empaattinen (Finnish), empathique (French), empathisch (German), einfühlsam (German), einfühlend (German), mitfühlend (German), teilnahmsvoll (German), empatikus (Hungarian), empatico (Italian), ngākau aroha (Māori), empatisk (Norwegian Bokmål), empatisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), empático (Spanish), empatisk (Swedish), kwëtamàlsi (Unami)
    Sense id: en-empathic-en-adj-en:empathetic Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, Entries with translation boxes, Personality Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 35 21 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 35 21 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 12 33 Disambiguation of Personality: 78 0 22 Disambiguation of 'showing or expressing empathy': 87 4 9
  2. Of, pertaining to, or being an empath, having an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.
    Doing so through psychological talent or training.
    Coordinate_terms: sympathetic, telempathic, telepathic
    Sense id: en-empathic-en-adj-en:concerning_empaths Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 35 21 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 35 21 43
  3. Of, pertaining to, or being an empath, having an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.
    (parapsychology or science fiction) Doing so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
    Synonyms: telempathic, telepathic
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Derived forms: empathically, empathic embarrassment, nonempathic, overempathic, unempathic
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