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Synonyms for empathy
ˈɛm pə θiem·pa·thy
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Princeton's WordNet
empathynoun
understanding and entering into another's feelings
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#7825 | caring | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#12537 | compassion | |
#24239 | empathy | |
#74088 | empathetic |
How to use empathy in a sentence?
Those animals are very much about supporting the children just to be in touch with the animals to understand empathy, to learn to care for them, to nurture the animals, so we've got two families of rescued rabbits, and that children care for all children have access to, to the rabbits, and we also have battery hens.
This is why I have a ton of empathy and respect for you.
We hope to entertain and get people's hearts and minds open to have more compassion and empathy for others, shots Fired.
The best of humanity was really on display after Sandy, and neighbors were helping each other recover around the clock, i just hope we don't have to wait for the next superstorm to show that kind of empathy and solve this crisis.
Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon:
There's some anger. I don't think we've really started healing. I see more outpouring of love and empathy and sympathy.
Translations for empathy
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- التقمص العاطفيArabic
- съпричастиеBulgarian
- empatiaCatalan, Valencian
- empatiDanish
- Empathie, EinfühlungsvermögenGerman
- κατανόηση, ενσυναίσθηση, συμπάθειαGreek
- empatioEsperanto
- empatíaSpanish
- یکدلیPersian
- empatiaFinnish
- empathieFrench
- iochd, co-fhaireachdainnScottish Gaelic
- אמפתיהHebrew
- सहानुभूतिHindi
- átélésHungarian
- EmpatiIndonesian
- hluttekningIcelandic
- empatiaItalian
- 共感Japanese
- ಅನುಭೂತಿKannada
- compassio veraqueLatin
- empatiaPolish
- empatiaPortuguese
- empatieRomanian
- сопере, сочу́вствие, сопережива́ние, эмпа́тияRussian
- empatiSwedish
- பச்சாத்தாபம்Tamil
- การเอาใจใส่Thai
- empatiTurkish
- ہمدردیUrdu
- đồng cảmVietnamese
- עמפּאַטיYiddish
- 同情Chinese
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