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
They were not shown basic empathy, which shines a [spotlight] on systemic problems.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Now part of his healing focuses on having empathy for the man charged with taking everything from him.
—Michele Youngerman, CBS News, 8 May 2026
As well as realization that everyone deserves love, empathy, and forgiveness.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
But there’s a semi-true idea that children are doing so at an incredibly rapid pace, and stories can be conduits for emotional growth, wonder, and empathy.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
Now part of his healing focuses on having empathy for the man charged with taking everything from him.
—Michele Youngerman, CBS News, 8 May 2026
As well as realization that everyone deserves love, empathy, and forgiveness.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
But there’s a semi-true idea that children are doing so at an incredibly rapid pace, and stories can be conduits for emotional growth, wonder, and empathy.
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathy
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Lockhart explores themes of mental illness, conspiracy theories and trauma with intelligence and compassion, and his writing is first-rate.—
Michael Schaub,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Equally important is practicing self-care and self-compassion, which, Broder says, means treating yourself with kindness instead of judgment and recognizing that your patterns developed as a way to cope, not as a personal failing.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Many of the videos prey on customers' emotions by showing interactions that try to create sympathy by showing creators being picked on in public.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Sassuolo’s late patron, Giorgio Squinzi, never hid his sympathy for Milan.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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So much kindness to me and my whole family.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
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My mother's kindness had a powerful impact on me.—
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi,
NPR,
10 May 2026
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In the letters that Wilson collected, there are countless appeals to God, prayers for help and understanding and prayers of thanksgiving for strength and mercy.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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In some cases, scientists have a minimal understanding of those regional species.—
Allison Kiehl,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Even the pictures that are particularly charged in this context rebuke our pity, reminding us that generations of kin come and go in most other households, too.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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There wasn’t a hint of patronizing or pity.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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“Empathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathy. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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