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
Recent studies show that while AI has at least some capacity to display empathy, people still prefer consoling messages from other humans.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Despite the overwhelming images around you, the visual arts can be your pathway to stress relief, sharper decision-making, deeper empathy, greater productivity, and a healthier relationship with your world.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Teachers and parents are worried that regular chatbot use could weaken important skills such as communication, empathy and critical thinking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Despite the overwhelming images around you, the visual arts can be your pathway to stress relief, sharper decision-making, deeper empathy, greater productivity, and a healthier relationship with your world.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
With back-to-back fights with Baragon and a gigantic octopus (who arrives with no explanation), Frankenstein’s kinship with King Kong – a simplistic empathy and wrestler-like physical prowess – has never felt clearer.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Teachers and parents are worried that regular chatbot use could weaken important skills such as communication, empathy and critical thinking.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathy
Noun
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With trust and engagement at an all-time low, companies need to help leaders strengthen human skills such as self-awareness, clear communication, and compassion.—
Rasmus Hougaard,
Harvard Business Review,
20 Oct. 2025
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Jane tried so hard for so many years to spread her message of hope and compassion.—
Lisa Wade,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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Following Irwin’s death, musicians like Kacey Musgraves, Ed Sheeran, Jon Bon Jovi and Margo Price all took to social media to express their sympathies.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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Federline feels bad for her — but there is a limit to that sympathy, in part because of her alleged mistreatment of their sons.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the end, even kindness comes with a price tag.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, the children of the late Minnesota Speaker of the House who was gunned down last summer, Melissa Hortman, also reminded us that the only way out is to treat each other with kindness and respect—a useful message for our political leaders and fellow citizens to heed.—
Time,
Time,
21 Oct. 2025
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His monthly Inside China column explores the issues that shape discussions and understanding about Chinese innovation, providing fresh perspectives not found elsewhere.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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Leaders ensure understanding, model behavior, and align all actions with it.—
Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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At these intersections, pity and fear collide.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Some earlier African intellectuals looked at Black America with pity, even disdain.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Empathy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathy. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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