empathic

empathic
Relating to or marked by empathy.

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em·path·ic em-'path-ik, im- adj involving, characterized by, or based on empathy
em·path·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adv

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  • empathic — [em path′ik] adj. EMPATHETIC empathically adv. * * * em·path·ic (ĕm păthʹĭk) adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by empathy. * * * …   Universalium

  • empathic — 1909, from EMPATHY (Cf. empathy) + IC (Cf. ic). Related: Empathically …   Etymology dictionary

  • empathic — [em path′ik] adj. EMPATHETIC empathically adv …   English World dictionary

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  • empathic — empathy ► NOUN ▪ the ability to empathize. DERIVATIVES empathetic adjective empathic adjective. ORIGIN Greek empatheia, from pathos feeling …   English terms dictionary

  • Empathic anger — is an emotion, a form of empathic distress [Abstract: Empathy and justice motivation, Martin L. Hoffman [http://www.springerlink.com/content/w126637624m00103/] ] . Empathic anger is felt in a situation where someone (else) is being hurt by… …   Wikipedia

  • Empathic design — is an approach to design where researchers or developers try to get closer to the lives and experiences of (putative, potential or future) end users, and to apply what they learn together with end users in the design process. The goal of empathic …   Wikipedia

  • Empathic distress — As empathy is about setting yourself in another person s position, the empathic distress is the distress caused by feeling the perceived pain of the other. It seems that this distress can be transformed into the following feelings: empathic anger …   Wikipedia

  • empathic — adjective Date: 1909 empathetic • empathically adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • empathic — adjective Showing or expressing empathy. Syn: empathetic Ant: apathetic …   Wiktionary

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