2006-12-07 03:51:25 · 8 answers · asked by RICARDO C 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
em·pa·thy /ˈɛmpəθi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[em-puh-thee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
2. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself: By means of empathy, a great painting becomes a mirror of the self.
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[Origin: 1900–05; < Gk empátheia affection, equiv. to em- em-2 + path- (base of páschein to suffer) + -eia -ia; present meaning translates G Einfühlung]
—Synonyms 1. See sympathy.
2006-12-07 04:55:07 · answer #1 · answered by sweetsum691 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did something bad ever happen to someone you know ? You felt something stirring inside you, and you tried to understand what they are going through. Put your self in that persons place, understanding or trying to understand how that person if feeling. Empathy is a feeling. Some people learn it some don't.
2006-12-07 04:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ellen W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Empathy (from the Greek εμÏάθεια, "to suffer with") is commonly defined as one's ability to recognize, perceive and directly experientially feel the emotion of another. As the states of mind, beliefs, and desires of others are intertwined with their emotions, one with empathy for another may often be able to more effectively divine another's modes of thought and mood. Empathy is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or experiencing the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself, a sort of emotional resonance.
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2006-12-07 04:09:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ability to understand another's feelings at an equal level with one's own.
2006-12-07 03:54:14 · answer #4 · answered by Stacye S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
capacity to identify with a person or object---empathy
2006-12-07 03:56:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
pathos= feeling. empathy= same feeling.
Understanding what some-one else feels
2006-12-07 04:10:46 · answer #6 · answered by mindtelepathy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the ability to walk in some one elses shoes trying to understanding how they feel about a certain situation
2006-12-07 04:14:01 · answer #7 · answered by jkfranklin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can put yourself in another person's place and understand what they are feeling.
2006-12-07 03:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋