empathy
noun /ˈempəθi/
/ˈempəθi/
[uncountable]- the ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience, etc.
- empathy (with somebody/something) the writer’s imaginative empathy with his subject
- empathy (for somebody/something) empathy for other people’s situations
- empathy (between A and B) The empathy between the two women was obvious.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1- She had a deep empathy with animals.
- The nurse should try to develop empathy between herself and the patient.
- Both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines.
- It is important to develop the empathy between dogs and their handlers.
- She shows a lack of empathy for other people's situations.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- great
- genuine
- …
- feel
- have
- demonstrate
- …
- empathy between
- empathy for
- empathy with
- …
- a feeling of empathy
- a lack of empathy
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek empatheia (from em- ‘in’ + pathos ‘feeling’) translating German Einfühlung.