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 [ˈɛmpəθɪ]

n

1. the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelings See also identification [3b]

2. the attribution to an object, such as a work of art, of one's own emotional or intellectual feelings about it

[from Greek empatheia affection, passion, intended as a rendering of German Einfühlung, literally: a feeling in; see en-², -pathy]

empathist  n

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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)

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empathy

noun

empathy with understanding of, feeling for, appreciation of, compassion for, rapport with, commiseration for the king's empathy with the suffering of his people

Translations

empathy [ˈempəθɪ] N → identificación f, empatía f
to feel empathy with sb → identificarse con algn

empathy [ˈɛmpəθi] n → empathie f
to feel empathy with sb → comprendre ce que ressent qn

empathy

n → Einfühlungsvermögen nt, → Empathie f

empathy [ˈɛmpəθɪ] n → immedesimazione f
to feel empathy with sb → immedesimarsi nei sentimenti di qn

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empathy [ˈɛmpəθɪ] n → immedesimazione f
to feel empathy with sb → immedesimarsi nei sentimenti di qn