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Synonyms & Antonyms of empathy
- He felt great empathy toward the poor.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for empathy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for empathy
- atrocity,
- barbarity,
- brutality,
- cruelty,
- sadism,
- savageness,
- savagery,
- truculence,
- viciousness,
- violence,
- wantonness
- cattiness,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- maliciousness,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- meanness,
- nastiness,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- spleen
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Though the words appear in similar contexts, they have different meanings
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“Empathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathy. Accessed 20 Jun. 2021.
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