Empathie — meaning in English

English meaning

• empathy noun The ability to understand and share someone else's feelings.
• sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.

Senses

Empathie is used for these senses in English:

• empathy Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
• empathy The capacity to understand another person's point of view or the result of such understanding.
• sympathy The ability to share the feelings of another.

sympathy — full definition

1. noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
2. noun Shared feeling, agreement, or support for an idea, cause, or person.

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