Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.
- n. science fiction, parapsychology A person with extra-sensory empathic ability, capable of sensing the emotions of others around them in a way unexplained by conventional science and psychology.
Etymologies
- From empathy. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Synopsis: An empath is hired to find a fellow human lost on a forbidden alien planet.”
“I do not know if you and your—your so-called empath are telling the truth or lying.”
“Being an "empath" may explain her wistful connection to the roiling waves of the ocean, the sanctuary it provides, and the sexual urges that seem to emanate from fathoms below …”
“Parable of the Talents starts in a peaceful religious community led by Lauren Olamina, an empath who founds a faith called Earthseed; Jarret's troops turn this idealistic village into a concentration camp for "heathens" and "witches.”
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“Eventually a triangle develops among Hayes, the empath; Samantha Fairbanks, the nice English girl foisted on him by the Company as an assistant; and Garvey, the hard-boiled city cop trying to do an impossible job.”
“Everyone knew that Marissa was crushing on Dean Wilson, a senior who was an empath, like her.”
“Pathos, an emotion manipulator (an empath with a serious power upgrade, since he gains different abilities depending on the emotions present)”
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“Harbinger/Infinite is an empath whose other power is random.”
“It was always the cheapest way for a empath like myself to gain a clear and awake state of mind without paying much if anything.”
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“But in 1984 Atari Force made the move to a full-sized, ongoing series by (at least initially) Conway and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez that again featured Martin Champion, this time with his dimension-jumping son Tempest, telepathic mercenary Dart, insectoid empath Morphea, enormous alien toddler Babe, and the rodent-like thief Pakrat.”
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Technical Terms for Fictional Concepts
A thing doesn't have to be real to develop its own scientific jargon.
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Extrasensory Individuals
Those who connect with spirits, predict the future, and read our minds.
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Schoolyard Suicide
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chained_bear I'll gratefully defer to anyone who knows more about sci-fi than I (that would be almost everyone), but in Star Trek, at least, it seems to imply a superhuman ability. I.e. not just run-of-the-mill human empathy (which is arguably in short supply anyhow), but a bit of mind-reading and actually (physically?) feeling another person's emotions. Oct 10, 2008
whichbe How would this word be different than simply "a person with or using empathy"? Oct 10, 2008