Empathetic
adjective
Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Sara was empathetic to her friend's struggles, having gone through a similar experience herself.
Often appears as...
- becoming more empathetic
- appear empathetic
adjective
Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Sara was empathetic to her friend's struggles, having gone through a similar experience herself.
Often appears as...
- becoming more empathetic
- appear empathetic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Genuine Concern
To be empathetic means to truly care about others' feelings, not just pretending to care.
He had an empathetic response to the news of his friend's illness.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Pity
Empathy involves understanding others, not feeling sorry for them.
After listening carefully, she gave an empathetic nod, showing she understood his situation.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Depth
Using 'empathetic' implies deep emotional insight into another person's experience.
His empathetic demeanor helped calm the distressed child.
Pro Tip 1/3Genuine Concern
To be empathetic means to truly care about others' feelings, not just pretending to care.
He had an empathetic response to the news of his friend's illness.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Pity
Empathy involves understanding others, not feeling sorry for them.
After listening carefully, she gave an empathetic nod, showing she understood his situation.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Depth
Using 'empathetic' implies deep emotional insight into another person's experience.
His empathetic demeanor helped calm the distressed child.
Pro Tip 1/3Genuine Concern
To be empathetic means to truly care about others' feelings, not just pretending to care.
He had an empathetic response to the news of his friend's illness.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Pity
Empathy involves understanding others, not feeling sorry for them.
After listening carefully, she gave an empathetic nod, showing she understood his situation.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Depth
Using 'empathetic' implies deep emotional insight into another person's experience.
His empathetic demeanor helped calm the distressed child.
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Upgrading management...
ideas are universal we hope that you think about your tools but more importantly think about your thinking because Einstein said that today's problems cannot be of the same thinking that created them well the technology of management got us this far but it's going to require progressive and empathetic leaders
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It's OK to feel...
There's such a thing, too, that I just want to touch on if I can, for a minute, about empathetic overload and empathetic meltdown. We're taught that empathy is a good thing. I would suggest that in a case this traumatic, what you want to talk about replacing empathy with is compassion,
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Depressed dogs, cats...
and I think about them as creatures with their own individual weather systems guiding their behavior and informing how they respond to the world. And I really believe that this has made me a more curious and a more empathetic person, both to the animals that share my bed
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Why is yawning...
and partake in their emotion, a crucial ability for social animals like us. Recently, neuroscientists have found that a subset of mirror neurons allows us to empathize with others' feelings at a deeper level. Scientists discovered this empathetic response to yawning
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
hard to process and hard to watch but we hope you engage with a very critical and hopefully an empathetic guy part of our intention in making this film was to use the power of video to compel us as a country to face hard truths and to that
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We need nuclear power to...
Two and a half billion people did not have access to clean cooking fuels or clean heating fuels. Those are the problems in the developing world. And it's easy for us not to be empathetic with those people who seem so distanced from us.
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Why kids need to learn...
by the age of four. This is when children are developing their sense of self. They're observing the world around them, absorbing that information and internalizing it. Now, most parents want their children to become kind, empathetic,
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The greatest TED Talk...
attribute are you mindful sophisticated like double-oh-seven are you established traditional nurturing protective empathetic like the Oprah are you reliable stable familiar safe secure sacred contemplative or wise like the
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Susan Savage-Rumbaugh:...
But -- actually, we have a lot to learn from them, because they're a very egalitarian society and they're a very empathetic society. And sexual behavior is not confined to one aspect of their life
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
So, it's a machine, but through this machine we become more compassionate, we become more empathetic, and we become more connected. And ultimately, we become more human. Thank you.
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Upgrading management...
ideas are universal we hope that you think about your tools but more importantly think about your thinking because Einstein said that today's problems cannot be of the same thinking that created them well the technology of management got us this far but it's going to require progressive and empathetic leaders
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
There's such a thing, too, that I just want to touch on if I can, for a minute, about empathetic overload and empathetic meltdown. We're taught that empathy is a good thing. I would suggest that in a case this traumatic, what you want to talk about replacing empathy with is compassion,
Video examples
Depressed dogs, cats...
and I think about them as creatures with their own individual weather systems guiding their behavior and informing how they respond to the world. And I really believe that this has made me a more curious and a more empathetic person, both to the animals that share my bed
Video examples
Why is yawning...
and partake in their emotion, a crucial ability for social animals like us. Recently, neuroscientists have found that a subset of mirror neurons allows us to empathize with others' feelings at a deeper level. Scientists discovered this empathetic response to yawning
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
hard to process and hard to watch but we hope you engage with a very critical and hopefully an empathetic guy part of our intention in making this film was to use the power of video to compel us as a country to face hard truths and to that
Video examples
We need nuclear power to...
Two and a half billion people did not have access to clean cooking fuels or clean heating fuels. Those are the problems in the developing world. And it's easy for us not to be empathetic with those people who seem so distanced from us.
Video examples
Why kids need to learn...
by the age of four. This is when children are developing their sense of self. They're observing the world around them, absorbing that information and internalizing it. Now, most parents want their children to become kind, empathetic,
Video examples
The greatest TED Talk...
attribute are you mindful sophisticated like double-oh-seven are you established traditional nurturing protective empathetic like the Oprah are you reliable stable familiar safe secure sacred contemplative or wise like the
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Susan Savage-Rumbaugh:...
But -- actually, we have a lot to learn from them, because they're a very egalitarian society and they're a very empathetic society. And sexual behavior is not confined to one aspect of their life
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
So, it's a machine, but through this machine we become more compassionate, we become more empathetic, and we become more connected. And ultimately, we become more human. Thank you.
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Indya Moore
American Actor
Everyone that's ever seen 'Pose' who isn't trans or doesn't have any connection to the LGBTQ community has been given the opportunity to create empathetic relationships to the characters that they would not have otherwise been able to. That's super essential in helping counter homophobia and transphobia.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
I've always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.
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Hank Green
American Celebrity
You can be empathetic to a character in a book in a way that you can't with a real person, which is weird, because you know everything there is to know about them.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
Parenting three children at the same time has helped me grow as a filmmaker. It taught me to be more empathetic and understand what people want from me.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
We are not without empathetic terror when we open Pascal's 'Pensees' and read, 'I am the great silent spaces between worlds.
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Joe Gebbia
American Designer
To be truly empathetic, we have to acknowledge that we're all human, we're all flawed, and that life can be difficult.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now.
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Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I am emotionally strong, passionate, empathetic, and sensitive towards others, especially the people I love.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
The irony is that I'm actually a very empathetic person, but I don't believe in sympathy at all.
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Paul Dano
American Actor
I think was overly empathetic for a while in my life.
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Indya Moore
American Actor
Everyone that's ever seen 'Pose' who isn't trans or doesn't have any connection to the LGBTQ community has been given the opportunity to create empathetic relationships to the characters that they would not have otherwise been able to. That's super essential in helping counter homophobia and transphobia.
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Hanya Yanagihara
American Novelist
I've always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.
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Hank Green
American Celebrity
You can be empathetic to a character in a book in a way that you can't with a real person, which is weird, because you know everything there is to know about them.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
Parenting three children at the same time has helped me grow as a filmmaker. It taught me to be more empathetic and understand what people want from me.
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Carl Sagan
American Scientist
We are not without empathetic terror when we open Pascal's 'Pensees' and read, 'I am the great silent spaces between worlds.
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Joe Gebbia
American Designer
To be truly empathetic, we have to acknowledge that we're all human, we're all flawed, and that life can be difficult.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now.
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Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I am emotionally strong, passionate, empathetic, and sensitive towards others, especially the people I love.
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Jillian Michaels
American Athlete
The irony is that I'm actually a very empathetic person, but I don't believe in sympathy at all.
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Paul Dano
American Actor
I think was overly empathetic for a while in my life.
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