Associations to the word «Empathy»

Wiktionary

EMPATHY, noun. The intellectual identification of the thoughts, feelings, or state of another person
EMPATHY, noun. Capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding
EMPATHY, noun. (parapsychology) (science fiction) a paranormal ability to psychically read another person's emotions
EMPATHY FATIGUE, noun. Emotional detachment brought about by prolonged emotional exposure.

Dictionary definition

EMPATHY, noun. Understanding and entering into another's feelings.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras