as in compassionate
having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another
gave an empathic nod as I recounted my repeated efforts to land a decent-paying job in a tough economy
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Being the one in a relationship to feel like your horse is galloping far ahead of your partner’s can bring its own kind of anxiety and empathic pain.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Tom Penn’s empathic drumming and Gabriela García’s occasional ethereal singing provide the soundtrack of French Quarter fear and self-loathing, while Medeleine Girling’s set design consists simply of a wood platform roughly 25 by 25 feet across laying on top of cinderblocks.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Overseeing our company's daily operations, aligning initiatives and driving projects with an empathic yet level-headed approach are all tasks that demand a pragmatic mindset.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
And this gives them that opportunity, to be able to sit down with someone who is empathic.
—Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Tom Penn’s empathic drumming and Gabriela García’s occasional ethereal singing provide the soundtrack of French Quarter fear and self-loathing, while Medeleine Girling’s set design consists simply of a wood platform roughly 25 by 25 feet across laying on top of cinderblocks.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Overseeing our company's daily operations, aligning initiatives and driving projects with an empathic yet level-headed approach are all tasks that demand a pragmatic mindset.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
And this gives them that opportunity, to be able to sit down with someone who is empathic.
—Jon Lapook, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for empathic
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“Empathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathic. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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