Empathy
noun
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
As a nurse, it's important to have empathy towards your patients.
Often appears as...
- show empathy
- have empathy
noun
In a work, art, or story, the ability to make the audience feel the emotions of the characters.
An important part of storytelling is to create empathy for the protagonist.
Often appears as...
- create empathy
- evoke empathy
noun
In psychology, the capacity to recognize and understand the emotions in others.
Empathy is a key concept in the field of psychology.
Often appears as...
- develop empathy
- assess empathy
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The action of understanding the needs and problems of your customers or users.
Customer empathy is important in developing successful products.
Often appears as...
- customer empathy
- user empathy
noun
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
As a nurse, it's important to have empathy towards your patients.
Often appears as...
- show empathy
- have empathy
noun
In a work, art, or story, the ability to make the audience feel the emotions of the characters.
An important part of storytelling is to create empathy for the protagonist.
Often appears as...
- create empathy
- evoke empathy
noun
In psychology, the capacity to recognize and understand the emotions in others.
Empathy is a key concept in the field of psychology.
Often appears as...
- develop empathy
- assess empathy
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The action of understanding the needs and problems of your customers or users.
Customer empathy is important in developing successful products.
Often appears as...
- customer empathy
- user empathy
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Sharing
Empathy involves feeling what someone else feels, not just understanding it.
She showed empathy by crying with her friend who lost his job.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Sympathy
Unlike sympathy, empathy is deeply putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
His empathy made him start a charity for the homeless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Verbal
Empathy can be expressed through actions, not just words.
Her hug was an act of empathy towards her upset sister.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Sharing
Empathy involves feeling what someone else feels, not just understanding it.
She showed empathy by crying with her friend who lost his job.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Sympathy
Unlike sympathy, empathy is deeply putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
His empathy made him start a charity for the homeless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Verbal
Empathy can be expressed through actions, not just words.
Her hug was an act of empathy towards her upset sister.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Sharing
Empathy involves feeling what someone else feels, not just understanding it.
She showed empathy by crying with her friend who lost his job.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Sympathy
Unlike sympathy, empathy is deeply putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
His empathy made him start a charity for the homeless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Verbal
Empathy can be expressed through actions, not just words.
Her hug was an act of empathy towards her upset sister.
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How smart are dolphins?...
and how confident they feel about that knowledge. But some of the most amazing things about dolphins are their senses of empathy, altruism, and attachment. The habit of helping injured individuals extends across the species barrier as evidenced by the many accounts of dolphins carrying humans to the surface to breathe.
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Raghava KK: Coloring...
creative can you imagine yourself in the shoes of someone different from you so I'd like to argue that perspectives and creativity and gender empathy and much needed in this world right now this book of mine did really well what I made for my son became a bit of a movement I
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The psychology of...
They include a grandiose view of oneself, problems with empathy, a sense of entitlement, and a need for admiration or attention. What makes these trait a true personality disorder is that they take over people's lives and cause significant problems.
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Chris Milk: How virtual...
to try to tell the most compelling stories that I can to an audience. And film is this incredible medium that allows us to feel empathy for people that are very different than us and worlds completely foreign from our own. Unfortunately,
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The Astronaut of the...
big impact on deep sea life i think one of the biggest lessons that i've had during my career is that humankind is absolutely like part of nature and having respect and empathy um not just with the rest of humankind but
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Do Animals Feel Empathy?...
nurture a mate that's showing signs of stress this isn't proof of empathy on its own but scientists have shown that this behavior is triggered by the same hormone oxytocin that's associated with feelings
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Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
there's a sense of grief as well as empathy for one another quite accidentally our spy creature is at the center of something extraordinary capturing emotions that have rarely been observed
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Amazing Animal...
there's a sense of grief as well as empathy for one another quite accidentally our spy creature is at the center of something extraordinary capturing emotions that have rarely been observed
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Why elephants never...
And yes, there is an elephant band. But perhaps the most amazing thing about elephants is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice.
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The real meaning of soul...
milk soul is something you can get something that's good to have of course you could always call on a whole checklist of attributes such as generosity genuineness empathy
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How smart are dolphins?...
and how confident they feel about that knowledge. But some of the most amazing things about dolphins are their senses of empathy, altruism, and attachment. The habit of helping injured individuals extends across the species barrier as evidenced by the many accounts of dolphins carrying humans to the surface to breathe.
Video examples
Raghava KK: Coloring...
creative can you imagine yourself in the shoes of someone different from you so I'd like to argue that perspectives and creativity and gender empathy and much needed in this world right now this book of mine did really well what I made for my son became a bit of a movement I
Video examples
The psychology of...
They include a grandiose view of oneself, problems with empathy, a sense of entitlement, and a need for admiration or attention. What makes these trait a true personality disorder is that they take over people's lives and cause significant problems.
Video examples
Chris Milk: How virtual...
to try to tell the most compelling stories that I can to an audience. And film is this incredible medium that allows us to feel empathy for people that are very different than us and worlds completely foreign from our own. Unfortunately,
Video examples
The Astronaut of the...
big impact on deep sea life i think one of the biggest lessons that i've had during my career is that humankind is absolutely like part of nature and having respect and empathy um not just with the rest of humankind but
Video examples
Do Animals Feel Empathy?...
nurture a mate that's showing signs of stress this isn't proof of empathy on its own but scientists have shown that this behavior is triggered by the same hormone oxytocin that's associated with feelings
Video examples
Best Monkey Moments PIPE...
there's a sense of grief as well as empathy for one another quite accidentally our spy creature is at the center of something extraordinary capturing emotions that have rarely been observed
Video examples
Amazing Animal...
there's a sense of grief as well as empathy for one another quite accidentally our spy creature is at the center of something extraordinary capturing emotions that have rarely been observed
Video examples
Why elephants never...
And yes, there is an elephant band. But perhaps the most amazing thing about elephants is a capacity even more important than their sense of empathy, altruism, and justice.
Video examples
The real meaning of soul...
milk soul is something you can get something that's good to have of course you could always call on a whole checklist of attributes such as generosity genuineness empathy
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
It's easy to isolate yourself when you're buried in work, or to rely only on work friends for empathy. And while your work friends will always 'get it' more than your life partner, they don't know how to comfort you like your partner does.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don't understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives, in allowing us to escape our lives, in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in.
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Yara Shahidi
American Actress
The more you learn about someone, how could you not want to protect them and their rights? The more you learn about a culture or a certain identity, it's hard to not feel empathy.
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Cara Delevingne
English Model
I always feel that life can teach you how to act. I'm always looking at life through other people's eyes. By feeling empathy. And I do feel that I am constantly learning.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.
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Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
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Niko Kovac
Croatian Athlete
Empathy is important, openness, honesty, and an understanding for others.
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Richard Louv
American Author
Other species help children develop empathy.
Quote examples
Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
It's easy to isolate yourself when you're buried in work, or to rely only on work friends for empathy. And while your work friends will always 'get it' more than your life partner, they don't know how to comfort you like your partner does.
Quote examples
Neil Gaiman
British Author
I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don't understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives, in allowing us to escape our lives, in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in.
Quote examples
Yara Shahidi
American Actress
The more you learn about someone, how could you not want to protect them and their rights? The more you learn about a culture or a certain identity, it's hard to not feel empathy.
Quote examples
Cara Delevingne
English Model
I always feel that life can teach you how to act. I'm always looking at life through other people's eyes. By feeling empathy. And I do feel that I am constantly learning.
Quote examples
Stephen Covey
American Educator
When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.
Quote examples
Zadie Smith
British Novelist
Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.
Quote examples
Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.
Quote examples
Niko Kovac
Croatian Athlete
Empathy is important, openness, honesty, and an understanding for others.
Quote examples
Richard Louv
American Author
Other species help children develop empathy.
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