as in compassion
the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions
He felt great empathy toward the poor.
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Recent Examples of empathy
Your empathy works better with crisp edges.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Kobabe vulnerably shares the most intimate details of eir own puberty and beyond to educate, foster empathy, and—most importantly—offer support to anyone on their own gender journey.
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Spin Team,
SPIN,
22 June 2026
There was empathy, but also a sense of professional detachment.
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Gene Wojciechowski,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Our erstwhile school bully has to learn a bit of empathy, while Justin gets to teach man’s best frenemy how to be a better person.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for empathy
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Kobabe vulnerably shares the most intimate details of eir own puberty and beyond to educate, foster empathy, and—most importantly—offer support to anyone on their own gender journey.
—
Spin Team,
SPIN,
22 June 2026
There was empathy, but also a sense of professional detachment.
—
Gene Wojciechowski,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
Our erstwhile school bully has to learn a bit of empathy, while Justin gets to teach man’s best frenemy how to be a better person.
—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for empathy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathy
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Jones has an enormous amount of sympathy for his father, who was totally in over his head.
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After Kean’s statement, Representative Ritchie Torres, who has spoken about his own treatment for depression, expressed sympathy but argued that long absences from public office deserve explanation.
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That is truly a pity because this brilliant thinker revolutionized both mathematics and physics.
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The landlord took them out for a McDonald’s pity meal at the end.
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Upon Paula’s release, Karl picks her up and is his usual confusing shamble of one part compassion and two parts boundaries.
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Will Americans embrace vulnerability with compassion, or perpetuate stigma?
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All of us are invited to choose to become better human beings and to show up at work and in the world with increasing love, kindness, courage and forgiveness.
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That instinct to lean into life with curiosity, optimism, and kindness is, perhaps, America's greatest attraction.
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The Iranian regime’s apparent hesitancy to resume in-person talks is a significant step back from the high-level talks that took place in Switzerland earlier this month following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the countries.
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So the career of saying this film, not that one, gives way to a bitter understanding that the medium was indifferent to attempts at discrimination and prospects of a pantheon.
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“Empathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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