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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky