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When you say empathy, what do you mean? I'm not a native English speaker and I am confused when I see this word used in political conversation a lot in a way w
by jacobriis 7y ago
When you say empathy, what do you mean?
I'm not a native English speaker and I am confused when I see this word used in political conversation a lot in a way which is not clearly related to the dictionary definition.
- keiferski 7y agoIt is often used as a synonym for “sympathy.”
- EpicEng 7y agoGP meant the dictionary definition >the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
- drongoking 7y agoThe word is commonly misused. What they probably mean is sympathy, but that isn't really right either. The correct word would be compassion or altruism. But /altruism/ is a word that sometimes sets people off.
- chrisseaton 7y agoSympathy is when you feel the same as someone else is feeling. Empathy is when you only understand how someone else is feeling. Corporate Starbucks people would be empathic but not sympathetic - they have access to the bathrooms anyway.