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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɛmpəθi/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɛmpəθi/}}
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===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}
{{en-noun|~}}


# Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
# {{cap|identification}} with or [[understanding]] of the [[thought]]s, [[feeling]]s, or [[emotional]] [[state]] of another [[person]].
#: {{syn|en|fellow feeling}}
#: {{ux|en|She had a lot of '''empathy''' for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.}}
#: {{ux|en|She had a lot of '''empathy''' for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|author={{w|Em Beihold}}, Nick Lopez, {{w|Dru DeCaro}}|authorlabel=no|title={{w|Numb Little Bug}}|album=Egg in the Backseat|date=28 January 2022|artist=Em Beihold|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mVXPLlnSu4|text=Like your body's in the room but you're not really there / Like you have '''empathy''' inside but you don't really care / Like you're fresh outta love but it's been in the air / Am I past repair?}}
# Capacity to understand another person's [[point of view]] or the result of such understanding.
# {{lb|en|parapsychology|science fiction}} A [[paranormal]] ability to [[psychically]] read another person's emotions.
# The [[capacity]] to [[understand]] another person's [[point of view]] or the [[result]] of such understanding.
# {{lb|en|parapsychology|science fiction}} A [[paranormal]] [[ability]] to [[psychically]] [[read]] another person's [[emotion]]s.
# {{lb|en|obsolete|_|slang}} [[MDMA]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete|_|slang}} [[MDMA]].
#: {{syn|en|ecstasy}}
#: {{syn|en|ecstasy}}
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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{der2|en|empath|empathic|double empathy problem|empathy belly|empathy map|hyperempathy|hyperempathetic|pseudo-empathy|cold empathy|hot empathy}}
* {{l|en|empath}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|intellectual identification with another person}}
{{trans-top|intellectual identification with another person}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَعَاطُف|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَعَاطُف|m}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|спачува́нне|n}}, {{t|be|суперажыва́нне|n}}, {{t|be|эмпа́тыя|f}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|спачува́нне|n}}, {{t|be|суперажыва́нне|n}}, {{t|be|эмпа́тыя|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|съприча́стие|n}}, {{t+|bg|съчу́вствие|n}}, {{t|bg|емпа́тия|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|съприча́стие|n}}, {{t+|bg|съчу́вствие|n}}, {{t|bg|емпа́тия|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|empatia|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|empatia|f}}
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* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אֶמְפַּתְיָה|f|tr=empátya}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אֶמְפַּתְיָה|f|tr=empátya}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सहानुभूति|f}}, {{t|hi|तदनुभूति|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सहानुभूति|f}}, {{t|hi|तदनुभूति|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|empátia}}, {{t|hu|beleérzés}}, {{t|hu|[[beleérző]] [[képesség]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|empátia}}, {{t+|hu|beleérzés}}, {{t|hu|[[beleérző]] [[képesség]]}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|empatio}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|empati}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|empati}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|empatia|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|empatia|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|共感|tr=きょうかん, kyōkan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|共感|tr=きょうかん, kyōkan}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|공감(共感)}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|공감(共感)}}
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* Greek: {{t+|el|κατανόηση|f}}, {{t+|el|συμπάθεια|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κατανόηση|f}}, {{t+|el|συμπάθεια|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hluttekning|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hluttekning|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|empatio}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|empatia|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|empatia|f}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|[[공감]][[능력|-능력]]}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|സഹാനുഭൂതി}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|സഹാനുഭൂതി}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|ngākau aroha}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|empatia|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|empatia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|empatia|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|empatia|f}}
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===See also===
===See also===
* {{l|en|sympathy}}
{{col4|en
|sympathy
* {{l|en|telepathy}}
|telepathy
* {{l|en|technopathy}}
|technopathy
}}


===Further reading===
===Further reading===
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* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}


[[Category:English words suffixed with -pathy]]
[[Category:English terms suffixed with -pathy]]
[[Category:en:Fictional abilities]]
[[Category:en:Fictional abilities]]
[[Category:en:Recreational drugs]]
[[Category:en:Recreational drugs]]

Latest revision as of 07:28, 2 June 2024

English

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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empathy (countable and uncountable, plural empathies)

  1. Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
    Synonym: fellow feeling
    She had a lot of empathy for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.
    • 2022 January 28, Em Beihold, Nick Lopez, Dru DeCaro, “Numb Little Bug”, in Egg in the Backseat‎[1], performed by Em Beihold:
      Like your body's in the room but you're not really there / Like you have empathy inside but you don't really care / Like you're fresh outta love but it's been in the air / Am I past repair?
  2. The 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.
  4. (obsolete slang) MDMA.
    Synonym: ecstasy

Usage notes

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Used similarly to sympathy, interchangeably in looser usage. In stricter usage, empathy is stronger and more intimate, meaning that the subject understands and shares an emotion with the object—as in “I feel your pain”—while sympathy is weaker and more distant—concern, but not shared emotion: “I care for you” or "I feel sorry for you."

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Further reading

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