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empathy

em·pathy

UK/ˈɛmpəθi/ US/ˈɛmpʌθi/ fairly common slang

noun

1.

understanding and entering into another''s feelings

Origin

A twentieth-century borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια (empátheia, literally “passion”) (formed from ἐν (en, “in, at”) + πάθος (páthos, “feeling”)), equivalent to em- + -pathy, 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.

Phrases

  • cold empathy
  • double empathy problem
  • empathy belly
  • empathy game
  • empathy map
  • hot empathy
  • suicidal empathy

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