Empath — meaning in English

English meaning

• empath noun Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.

Senses

Empath is used for these senses in English:

• empath One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.
• empath (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.

empath — full definition

1. noun Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.
2. noun Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.
3. noun Someone who does so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.

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