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
Jamil Zaki’s public persona was people pleasing and positive, as befitted a Stanford psychology professor and researcher of social connection, empathy, and trust.
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Stav Ziv, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Literature is often pushed on allegedly reluctant men as a machine for empathy.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Dyer expressed empathy for sheriffs in other states, like Florida, facing pressure to enforce immigration policies.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Praise their critical thinking, empathy, and courage to reject unhealthy trends.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 14 June 2025
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Stav Ziv, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Literature is often pushed on allegedly reluctant men as a machine for empathy.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
Dyer expressed empathy for sheriffs in other states, like Florida, facing pressure to enforce immigration policies.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Praise their critical thinking, empathy, and courage to reject unhealthy trends.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathy
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Thank you for taking action and getting the awesome ranger on the scene with her compassion!—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Explain with candor and compassion Sometimes, a change simply can’t satisfy pre-existing needs.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Richard, his family, and his counsel express their deep and sincere sympathy for the family of Edwina Marter.—
Khaleda Rahman
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Fans, followers and fellow parents took to the comment section to share their sympathy — and confusion.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
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Indeed, the designer’s intentions are based on high ideals — kindness, tolerance and humility among them — even if his methods can sometime shock.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
25 June 2025
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Coach Wall was a remarkable individual whose kindness and genuine spirit touched all who knew him.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Her studies led her to psychotherapy for healing, like EMDR, and a better understanding of how the nervous system operates.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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The timing of that cease-fire was the source of some confusion, because there had been no formal agreement between Iran and Israel, just a general understanding.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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This momentary pause, this saving interruption of the headlong, breathless trajectory of rape or murder, admitted a kind of compassion, pity, even tenderness, halting injustice in its tracks.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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One of the earliest warnings about pity in Western philosophy comes from the Greek Stoic philosopher Epictetus.—
Colin Marshall,
The Conversation,
22 May 2025
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“Empathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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