Meaning Of The Word Empathy

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What's The Definition Of Empathy?

empathy
uncountable noun: Empathy is the ability to share another person's feelings and emotions as if they were your own.

empathy in American English
the projection of one's own personality into the personality of another in order to understand the person better; ability to share in another's emotions, thoughts, or feelings
noun: the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another

empathy in British English
noun: the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelings

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