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
And his approach to directing is as empathic as his films.
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James Somers, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
But the most important thing for me is an empathic connection to a person.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025
Typical eldest daughter characteristics include being responsible, independent, empathic, caring, a perfectionist, stressed and anxious, the Cleveland Clinic notes.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Our most important discovery was that children interacted with the VR characters following the main empathic patterns humans usually follow while interacting with each other.
—Ekaterina Muravevskaia, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
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James Somers, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
But the most important thing for me is an empathic connection to a person.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2025
Typical eldest daughter characteristics include being responsible, independent, empathic, caring, a perfectionist, stressed and anxious, the Cleveland Clinic notes.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Our most important discovery was that children interacted with the VR characters following the main empathic patterns humans usually follow while interacting with each other.
—Ekaterina Muravevskaia, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for empathic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathic
Adjective
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Mahan has described such policies as more compassionate than leaving people to suffer on the streets indefinitely, but advocates have accused him of criminalizing homelessness.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Aim to be mindful, compassionate, and respectful, Goldman says, and open the conversation in a kind, non-assuming way.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Dell is her stream's dungeon master, banishing those who don't abide by her terms and steadily rising up the platform's ranks with her sympathetic story and angry-funny screen presence.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Like several women maligned in the ’90s, Harding was reevaluated in later years, and the sympathetic 2017 biopic I, Tonya helped to rehabilitate her image.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Empathic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathic. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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