empathy

em·pa·thy  (mp-th)

n.

1. Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.

2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.

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[en- + -pathy (translation of German Einfühlung).]

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empathy

Noun

the ability to sense and understand someone else's feelings as if they were one's own [Greek empatheia affection, passion]

empathic adj

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empathy

the power of entering into another’s personality and imaginatively experiencing his feelings. — empathie, adj.

See also: Understanding

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

empathy - understanding and entering into another's feelings fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

Translations

empathy [ˈɛmpəθɪ] n → empatía;

to feel empathy with sb → sentirse identificado con algn

empathy [ˈɛmpəθɪ] n → communion f d'idées or de sentiments, empathie f;

to feel empathy with sb → se mettre à la place de qn

empathy [ˈɛmpəθɪ] n → Einfühlungsvermögen nt;

to feel empathy with sb → sich in jdn einfühlen

empathy [ˈɛmpəθɪ] n → immedesimazione f;

to feel empathy with sb → immedesimarsi con i sentimenti di qn