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/ˈɛmpəθi/ · noun
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person..
She had a lot of empathy for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.
Like your body's in the room but you're not really there / Like you have empathy inside but you don't really care / Like you're fresh outta love but it's been in the air / Am I past repair?
While Musk said he believes in empathy and that “you should care about other people,” he also thinks it’s destroying society.
Use empathy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Empathy means Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person..
Common synonyms include fellow feeling, ecstasy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She had a lot of empathy for her neighbor; she knew what it was like to lose a parent too.
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