Empath
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛm.pæθ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Empath is a noun meaning (psychology) A person with an abnormal higher level of empathy.
Meaning
(psychology) A person with an abnormal higher level of empathy.
More Meanings
- (science fiction, parapsychology) A person with extrasensory empathic ability, capable of sensing the emotions of others around them in a way unexplained by conventional science and psychology.
Example Sentences
The aura may, in fact, linger around objects or places and that "lingering energy" is what an empath senses and intuits.
She was the empath who would betray empaths if she got the chance. So they'd tried to fix things so that she didn't get the chance.
How did a complete stranger know he was an empath? He rarely if ever talked about it, even to his closest friends. It made people uneasy.
Word Forms
- empaths
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include empathizer, emoter, sympathizer, sympathist, telepathist, empoweree.
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