empathy

Definition

  • noun: the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions
  • noun: the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it

Examples

  • His months spent researching prison life gave him greater 'empathy' towards/for convicts.

  • He felt great 'empathy' with/for/toward the poor.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Little out, let it dry. Didn't I say that he has what it takes to be a surgeon? Beyond the blind sense of entitlement and complete lack of human empathy, there's the empty-headed concentration, the unjustifiable arrogance and the sheer willingness to stand in one place and wet yourself (..)
    2010 TvShow: Scrubs Title: Our Thanks Season: 9 Episode 13