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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Recent Examples of empathic
One psychological explanation for why empathic people experience fatigue and even burnout is that empathy involves a kind of mirroring of other people’s mental life, a mirroring that can be physically unpleasant.
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Colin Marshall, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
Across species, this region has been shown to play a role in evaluating social rewards, empathic responses and decisions involving others.
—Tobias Kalenscher, Scientific American, 13 June 2025
People who made more empathic effort (trying to understand how the other person feels) and were less focused on protecting their ego were more likely to apologize well.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Artificial empathy, a concept explored in AI research, aims to model empathic understanding computationally.
—Yujia Zhu, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Colin Marshall, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
Across species, this region has been shown to play a role in evaluating social rewards, empathic responses and decisions involving others.
—Tobias Kalenscher, Scientific American, 13 June 2025
People who made more empathic effort (trying to understand how the other person feels) and were less focused on protecting their ego were more likely to apologize well.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Artificial empathy, a concept explored in AI research, aims to model empathic understanding computationally.
—Yujia Zhu, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathic
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Companies like Google and Salesforce offer extensive parental leave programs, recognizing that supporting employees during one of life’s most significant milestones is not only compassionate but smart business.—
Will Fan,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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That means unlearning the language that perpetuates harm and stereotypes, and being more compassionate and humane across the board.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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Young Sil is sympathetic, the result of an unethical science experiment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 July 2025
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Davenport is sympathetic to best-of-five giving women’s tennis a more even platform, but fears that critics of women’s tennis would still dig up something to find fault with.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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“Empathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathic. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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