meaning of empathetic?

Question

for communication, be empathetic

Answer 1

To feel or display empathy.

Empathy is a feeling of concern and understanding for another's situation or feelings. Also, an emotional feeling of identification or understanding of a work of art.

Basically, it is "putting yourself in someone else's shoes" so to speak.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

empathetic: of, pertaining to, or characterized by the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another

so it would be having had the same problem as a person having it now and feeling for them. Verses not having had the problem and therefore being sympathetic.

Answer 3

It means to be able to understand how the person you are with or communicating with feels about a certain situation/s and respect his way of thinking.

Answer 4

Empathy is the recognition of someone else's emotion in yourself. They stubbed their toe. You remember how bad your own toe hurt when you stubbed it. You can empathize.

Sympathy is sharing someone else's pain, even though you have never been through what they are going through. They lost their baby in a fire. You, hopefully, have not had that happen, but you can sypathize and offer your condolences.

Answer 5

Empathy means concern for others.Empathetic means to be in others shoes and feel their emotions as if they are yours.It has nothing to do with sympathy.
Trying to show desired concern for others feelings is all about empathy.

Answer 6

It means to take the way someone else is feeling and find those feelings within yourself. i.e. - "I know how you feel."

Answer 7

you can understand what other people are feeling.

Answer 8

sympathetic