Definitions for empathy

empathy em·pa·thy

Spelling: [em-puh-thee]
IPA: /ˈɛm pə θi/

Empathy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in empathy (aehmpty).

Definitions for empathy

noun

  1. the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
  2. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself:

Origin of empathy

1900-05; Greek empátheia affection, equivalent to em- em-2 + path- (base of páschein to suffer) + -eia -ia; present meaning translates

Examples for empathy

Presumably, those who share the campaign are doing so with empathy in mind, though they may lack the funds to contribute more.

Perhaps the fascination of fire is empathy of a similar sort; for fire is power.

The book thus has an attractive double “empathy,” a word that appears in all four parts.

You write a lot about celebrities and with a lot of empathy.

The empathy game has been played with words and theatrics in many schools.

It has a lot to do with empathy and prejudice—the potential to avoid an escalating conflict through the ability to be empathetic.

But there's no higher mentality to develop—not a trace of empathy.

Perhaps because of empathy, the "feeling oneself into" the object contemplated.

Men's Rights Activist "I have a lot of empathy for men, and the pressures that they go through."

empathy can perhaps explain the appeal of the big in art and nature.

Word Value for empathy
Scrable

17

Words with friends

17

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