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Word of the Week - Empathy


empathy

noun

 em·​pa·​thy 

\ ˈem-pə-thē

Definition of Empathy:  the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner

Synonyms and Antonyms of Empathy:

 the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions

 Synonyms; pity, sympathy, understanding, charity, clemency, forbearance, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercifulness, mercy, compassion, gentleness, goodness, goodwill, humaneness, kindliness, kindness, meekness, mildness, niceness, softness, tenderness
Antonyms; hard-heartedness, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, uncharitableness, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance, venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol, atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, viciousness, violence, wantonness

 I really like this word. If you haven't already seen the movie Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. This movie talks about this word and how it differs from the word "sympathy."

Also, if you would like to learn more about this word visit Merriam-Webster.com
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