Empathy
Definition:
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/empathy
friendly, kind, the ability to understand other people's feelings and problems
Translations
- Spanish - la capacidad de entender los sentimientos de otras personas y problemas
- Italian - la capacità di comprendere i sentimenti degli altri e dei problemi
Synonyms:
http://thesaurus.com/browse/empathetic
affable affectionate amiable amorous ardent cheerful compassionate cordial empathetic fervent genial gracious happy heartfelt hearty hospitable kindhearted kindly loving pleasant responsive sincere softhearted sympathetic tender warmhearted wholehearted
Antonyms:
aloof cold cool uncaring unfeeling unfriendly unkind
Example Sentences
- He's very empathetic and emotional and reactive.
- The financial reality of the world she chronicles provides the drama that sustains this empathetic and thoroughly engaging memoir.
- Being empathetic does not have to mean lowering your standards.
Quotes
+1 by Anonymous 3 yr 79 days ago [More info]
...Empathy is understanding the inner world of another but recognizing that experience is not your own. From my understanding, you may tap into your own experiences to understand where the person is coming from, however, the respect for that person owning the experience or feelings is an important distinction from sympathy, when someone has walked that path and shares their experience in a way that extends sorrow or feeling sorry for another's loss, more specifically.
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/some_people_think_only_intellect_counts-knowing/10598.html
“Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy”
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/two_parts_of_empathy-skill-tip_of_iceberg-and/335127.html
“Two parts of empathy: Skill (tip of iceberg) and Attitude (mass of the iceberg).”
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/the_most_valuable_things_in_life_are_not_measured/296989.html
“The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.”
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/having-a-positive-mental-attitude-is-asking-how/370037.html
“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.”
