Definitions
Etymologies
- Derived from empathic, with an -et added before the suffix to sound more similar to sympathetic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The term empathetic appears to be the one commonly used in experimental psychology, social neuroscience, and cognitive science.”
“DCM Services uses what it calls "empathetic active recovery.”
The Wall Street Journal: For the Families of Some Debtors, Death Offers No Respite
“Becoming more empathetic is one of the best ways we can enhance our relationships, reduce our stress level, and feel good about ourselves and our lives in an authentic way.”
“I hope that all minorities, women, and Americans who are truly interested in empathetic justice for all; see them clearly for who they are.”
“I think a lot of people know the word empathetic or empathy.”
“There's no point in trying to save her from the word empathetic by trying to make people understand that it doesn't mean what it sounds like it means.”
“Or did Jesus weep because, being fully conscious, he was likewise and by definition empathetic, incapable of doing other than “feeling with” Mary and the others who were in pain?”
“But let me -- let me phrase the question this way -- are you empathetic, which is a popular word nowadays, are you empathetic to what this woman is about to go through?”
“Sentiments (1759) defines as the empathetic imagination: By the imagination we place ourselves in”
Talking About Virtue: Paisiello's 'Nina,' Paër's 'Agnese,' and the Sentimental Ethos
“Of course, the renowned scientist has been dead for more than 50 years but he was reincarnated this week in the form of a so-called empathetic robot that pushes the boundaries of automation by being able to interact with people using emotional nuances.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘empathetic’.
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EN - bureaucratese
This is to save the "Hellatine Dictionary of Bureaucratese" from oblivion. The list is extremely rich in neologisms but is no longer updated regularly, which is a shame. For its disclaimer and all ...
abbrevate, ablivion, abmure, abrevision, absentiment, abvice, abvisce, abvise, accretiate, acronism, acrost, additative and 743 more...
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Lingering Irritation
Intensely disliked words from (a) grad program(s) in social sciences. At first they sound tricky and important. Take note! "Modeling is an important aspect in education. Eschew obfuscation."
...zeitgeist, praxis, cathexis, dissertation, reflexive, reflective, empathetic, empathic, paucity, diversity, intervention, efficacy and 23 more...
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-ic ending
Words ending in ic, tic or nic.
clastic, elastic, caustic, spastic, frantic, lactic, moronic, ironic, panic, doric, diplomatic, bureaucratic and 202 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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My Self-Descriptors: A Mirror of Text
Read this list, and read it well. When you finish, you'll know me better than my mother. That is, unless she reads this list too.
libertarian, unorthodox, unfinished, sincere, frugal, lanky, introspective, critical, laid-back, taciturn, lexiphilic, kindly and 115 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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adjectives
sartorial, saucy, wieldy, wuthering, dilapidated, rough-and-ready, flabbergasted, ravishing, seminal, snooty, galore, scrumptious and 386 more...
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words
words
spartan, cram, quill, furor, rampart, enervate, placate, agitate, galvanize, spur, pricker, infuriate and 273 more...
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MY WORDS
egoist, entomologists, egotist, altruist, introvert, extrovert, ambivert, misanthrope, misogynist, misogamist, ascetic, Altruism and 193 more...
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I think I am.
honest, capable, intelligent, witty, skeptical, content, sonorous, beautiful, responsible, fascinating, scrupulous, precocious and 17 more...
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strausser's Words
utterly, pathetic, awesome, oblivious, neurotic, savour, stipulate, macintosh, passionate, insane, chai, cinnamon and 75 more...
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Bookmarked words.
ennui, dereliction, beatify, idyllic, grandiloquent, milquetoast, etiolation, somnolent, empathetic, dysania, diachronic, comatose and 2 more...
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Words to describe myself.
relentless, happy-go-lucky, quixotic, inarticulate, simple, misunderstood, eccentric, passionate, patient, zealous, empathetic, possessive and 20 more...
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GoodDay
GoodDay
good, day, oo, oooo, empathetic
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borodac4 чуткий Aug 17, 2011
vermontster Counselor/therapists -- do you prefer empathetic? or empathic? All I hear is Em Pathetic. Jun 28, 2008