empathy
nounHow many syllables in empathy?
There are 3 syllables in the word empathy.Divide empathy into syllables:
em · pa · thy
How to pronounce empathy:
Definition of empathy:
- empathy (noun):
- the capacity for this
- understanding and entering into another's feelings.
- the ability to sense and understand someone else's feelings as if they were one's own
- the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another
Synonyms for empathy:
appreciation
commiseration
compassion
feeling
generosity
kindness
leniency
mercy
pity
rapport
sympathy
tenderness
understanding
Antonyms for empathy:
absence of feeling
aloofness
antipathy
apathy
barbarism
barbarity
barbarousness
bloodthirstiness
brutal
callousness
carelessness
casualness
cold-blooded
cold-bloodedness
cold-heartedness
coldhearted
coldheartedness
coldness
contempt
coolness
cruelness
cruelty
detachment
disinterest
disinterestedness
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