Synonyms for empathic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : em-puh-thet-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛm pəˈθɛt ɪk


Définition of empathic

Origin :
  • 1909, from empathy + -ic. Related: Empathically.
  • adj understanding
Example sentences :
  • Had a virtually complete case of empathic paralysis when he came to us.
  • Extract from : « Final Weapon » by Everett B. Cole
  • And the mountain in question, seen from one double its height, will suggest the empathic activity of spreading itself out.
  • Extract from : « The Beautiful » by Vernon Lee
  • But he did feel the wave of emotion that welled from her, impinging directly on his empathic sense.
  • Extract from : « Sense of Obligation » by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
  • Gadow's contrasting paradigms, empathic and philanthropic, are relevant to this understanding.
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
  • In the empathic paradigm, the subjectivity of the other is "assumed to be as whole and valid as that of the caregiver" (p. 68).
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin

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