单词 | empathy |
释义 | empathy[ em-puh-thee ] / ˈɛm pə θi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR empathy ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self. VIDEO FOR EMPATHYWATCH NOW: This Or That: Play Along With This Quiz Show On Commonly Confused WordsToday, we're quizzing people on camera in front of you all to see if they know the difference between these commonly confused words. Do you know the answers? Origin of empathyFirst recorded in 1900–05; from Greek empátheia “affection,” equivalent to em- “in, within” (see em-2) + path- (base of páschein “to suffer”) + -eia noun suffix (see -ia); its present meaning translates German Einfühlung synonym study for empathy1. See sympathy. WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH empathyempathy , sympathy (see synonym study at sympathy)Words nearby empathyempanada, empanel, empathetic, empathic, empathize, empathy, Empedocles, empennage, emperipolesis, emperor, emperor butterfly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for empathyBritish Dictionary definitions for empathyempathy / (ˈɛmpəθɪ) / nounthe power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelingsSee also identification (def. 3b) the attribution to an object, such as a work of art, of one's own emotional or intellectual feelings about it Derived forms of empathyempathist, nounWord Origin for empathyC20: from Greek empatheia affection, passion, intended as a rendering of German Einfühlung, literally: a feeling in; see en- ², -pathy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for empathyempathy [ (em-puh-thee) ] Identifying oneself completely with an object or person, sometimes even to the point of responding physically, as when, watching a baseball player swing at a pitch, one feels one's own muscles flex. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for empathyempathy [ ĕm′pə-thē ] n.Direct identification with, understanding of, and vicarious experience of another person's situation, feelings, and motives. The projection of one's own feelings or emotional state onto an object or animal. Other words from empathyem′pa•thet′ic (-thĕt′ĭk) null adj.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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