empathy
empathy definition
em·pa·thy (em′pə t̸hē)
noun
- the projection of one's own personality into the personality of another in order to understand the person better; ability to share in another's emotions, thoughts, or feelings
- the projection of one's own personality into an object, with the attribution to the object of one's own emotions, responses, etc.
Etymology: < Gr empatheia, affection, passion < en-, in + pathos, feeling: used to transl. Ger einfühlung (< ein-, in + fühlung, feeling)
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