Able to understand and share another person’s feelings, as if you were experiencing them yourself. It often involves listening carefully and responding with care.
From 'empathy' plus the adjective suffix '-ic.' 'Empathy' comes from Greek 'empatheia' (passion, emotion), from 'en' (in) + 'pathos' (feeling, suffering). The modern psychological sense of 'feeling into' another’s experience was developed in the early 20th century.
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