1. The ability to identify with and understand somebody elses feelings or difficulties.

    2. The transfer of somebodys own feelings and emotions to an object such as a painting.


    Empathy meaning & definition 1 of Empathy.


  • Being [tuned in] to the [needs] and [feelings] of another person

    Empathy meaning & definition 2 of Empathy.


  • Feeling others emotions. For some people, this is extreme [empathy] that cant be [turned off] and isntlike what teachers say is great to have and that they are trying to teach you. A [common misconception] is that people with autism dont feel empathy but autism is a spectrum. And the people who have autism that I know feel lots of empathy and, like me, cant turn it off.

    Empathy meaning & definition 3 of Empathy.


  • [Seeing] things from another persons [perspective], and putting oneself into [thier] position.

    Empathy meaning & definition 4 of Empathy.


  • Or [Empathetic] Understanding, is the ability to [intuit] the emotional experiencing of another because one has, at one point or another, experienced the same thing oneself.
    Sympathy is thinking about someone, but [empathy] is actually Knowing the emotion the person is experiencing, or going through.... having gone though the same emotion oneself.

    Empathy meaning & definition 5 of Empathy.


  • [Empathy] is like [sympathy] but suggests an even [closer] relationship.

    Empathy meaning & definition 6 of Empathy.

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