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- Dictionaryempathetic/ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
adjective
- 1. showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another: "she's compassionate and empathetic towards her daughter"
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The meaning of EMPATHETIC is involving, characterized by, or based on empathy.
EMPATHETIC definition: 1. having the ability to imagine how someone else feels: 2. having the ability to imagine how…. Learn more.
able to understand how somebody else feels because you can imagine what it is like to be that person. empathetic to/towards somebody/something His personal history makes him especially empathetic to workers' need for a fair wage. The medical profession requires doctors to be both clinically competent and empathetic towards their patients.
EMPATHETIC meaning: 1. having the ability to imagine how someone else feels: 2. having the ability to imagine how…. Learn more.
Someone who is empathetic has the ability to share another person's feelings or emotions as if they were their own.
An empathetic person is someone who can share another person's feelings. If you tell an empathetic person that your heart is broken, she might touch her own heart and gaze at you sadly through moist eyes.
Empathetic means having or tending to have empathy—the ability or practice of imagining or trying to deeply understand what someone else is feeling or what it’s like to be in their situation. Empathy is often described as the ability to feel what others are feeling as if you are feeling it yourself.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective empathetic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Someone who is empathetic has the ability to share another person's feelings or emotions as if they were their own.
2 days ago · empathetic (comparative more empathetic, superlative most empathetic) Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic. Derived terms [edit] empathetically; hyperempathetic; nonempathetic;
