- empathetic
- em|pa|thet|ic [ `empə,θetık ] adjectiveable to understand how someone feels because you can imagine what it is like to be them
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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empathetic — index benevolent, charitable (lenient) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
empathetic — 1932, in psychology, from EMPATHY (Cf. empathy) on model of sympathetic and to distinguish it from EMPATHIC (Cf. empathic). Related: Empathetically … Etymology dictionary
empathetic — [em΄pə thet′ik] adj. of or characterized by empathy empathetically adv … English World dictionary
empathetic — [[t]e̱mpəθe̱tɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is empathetic has the ability to share another person s feelings or emotions as if they were their own. [FORMAL] ...Clinton s skills as an empathetic listener … English dictionary
empathetic — empathetically, empathically, adv. /em peuh thet ik/, adj. of, pertaining to, or characterized by empathy: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor. Also, empathic /em path ik/. [1930 35; EMPATH(Y) + ETIC] * * * … Universalium
empathetic — empathy ► NOUN ▪ the ability to empathize. DERIVATIVES empathetic adjective empathic adjective. ORIGIN Greek empatheia, from pathos feeling … English terms dictionary
empathetic — adjective showing empathy or ready comprehension of others states a sensitive and empathetic school counselor • Syn: ↑empathic • Similar to: ↑sympathetic • Derivationally related forms: ↑empathy … Useful english dictionary
Empathetic sound — in a film is sound music or sound effects whose mood matches the mood of the present action or scene, such as a sad song playing during a depressing or upsetting scene. The opposite of empathetic sound is anempathetic sound … Wikipedia
empathetic — adjective Date: 1932 involving, eliciting, characterized by, or based on empathy • empathetically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
empathetic — adjective Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings etc; empathic … Wiktionary
empathetic — Synonyms and related words: accordant, agreeable, agreeing, akin, allergic, amicable, anaphylactic, at one, attuned, compatible, concordant, congenial, corresponding, delicate, empathic, en rapport, frictionless, goosy, harmonious, hyperesthetic … Moby Thesaurus
