empathy

Empathy is defined as the ability to understand the thoughts feelings or emotions of someone else.

(noun)

An example of empathy is feeling the same amount of excitment as a friend, when they tell you they're getting married.

See empathy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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.

Origin: < Gr empatheia, affection, passion < en-, in + pathos, feeling: used to transl. Ger einfühlung (< ein-, in + fühlung, feeling)

See empathy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.

Origin:

Origin: en-²

Origin: + -pathy (translation of German Einfühlung)

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