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(adj)
Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic.
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(n)
Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
(neuroanatomy) A sympathetic nerve.
A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.
Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion.
The act of one who cares.
Emotion; impression.
A like; a predilection.
The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
Eggs of fish.
Power of acute observation and deduction
Alternative form of fellow feeling. [A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings.]
A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
(uncountable) Disposition to do good.
A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
The state of being kind.
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
(uncountable) The quality of being in tune with something
The quality or state of being responsive.
(uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group.
(parapsychology, science fiction) The paranormal ability to sense the emotions of others; empathy.
(science fiction) Someone able to sense the emotions of others through extrasensory perception; an empath.
One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.
The quality or degree of being sensitive.
Feelings (sentiment) about one's feelings (uncountable); a feeling about them (countable).
The process of feeling or expressing emotion.
(psychology) The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.
(marketing) A diagram summarising a consumer's feelings about a product or service.
The understanding or assumption of a person's mental state by the observation of their behaviour
Synonym of vicarious embarrassment.
The ability to sense or detect what others are thinking; as:
(parapsychology, science fiction) Someone able to sense the emotions of others by paranormal means; someone who has the power of telempathy.
The state or quality of being emotional.
Feeling or sense of anything; the state of being deeply affected by anything.
(psychology) The habit of positioning oneself as a victim or martyr so as to elicit sympathy from others.
(psychology) The ability to understand mental states that underlies the overt behaviour of oneself or others.
Alternative form of mentalization. [(psychology) The ability to understand mental states that underlies the overt behaviour of oneself or others.]
(v)
(transitive) To influence or alter.
Alternative form of mind-reading. [The ability to sense or detect what others are thinking; as:]
The act or process of emotionalizing.
Self-awareness; knowledge of, or familiarity with, oneself.
Comprehension of one's own purported innate knowledge.
(psychology) experience shared with another person
perception
(psychology) The ability to form an opinion about what other people are thinking.
(psychology) The cognitive sensation of an emotional experience.
The state of possessing an ego; the recognition of one's ego; personality.
(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
A thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
A mental or emotional state, composure.
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.
(psychology) The perspective that one believes another person to attribute to him or her.
(psychology) A cognitive process that occurs when a person believes that what they are feeling is true regardless of the evidence.
That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.
A general thought, feeling, or sense.
One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
(literally) Someone or something that feels.
The state of being introspective.
embodiment
Physical motion between points in space.
awareness of one's own body
The psychic ability for a person to acquire knowledge by means of feeling.
A growing feeling or internal sensation that causes one to feel emotionally full.
The psychological state of someone's cognitive processes at a certain time; the condition or character of a person's thoughts or feelings.
(philosophy, ethics) The perception of something as being one's own, or belonging to oneself.
(philosophy, psychology) One who perceives something.
Shyness; a feeling of unease in social situations.
The chronological age of individuals of the same maturity as the person in question.
(philosophy) The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
The act of making an experience or emotion the topic of interaction.
A secondary or subconscious feeling.
The perception of traits in other people
Synonym of telepath: one who is able to read others' minds.
(psychology) The process whereby the ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.
The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
The state of one's own self or identity; one's conscious personality.