empath
/ˈɛm.pæθ/
empath noun: someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.
Noun
empath (plural empaths)
- Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.
- Someone who does so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
- Near-synonyms: telempath, telepath
- She was the empath who would betray empaths if she got the chance. So they'd tried to fix things so that she didn't get the chance.1957, Hans Stefan Santesson, editor, Fantastic Universe
Examples of empath in a sentence
- How did a complete stranger know he was an empath?2005, Catherine Asaro, Schism:
- The aura may, in fact, linger around objects or places and that "lingering energy" is what an empath senses and intuits.2007, Ellen Dugan, Natural Witchery:
Synonyms of empath
Forms of empath
| plural | empaths |
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Origin of empath
From empathy.
Words formed from empath
Questions about empath
- What does empath mean?
- Empath means someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.
- How do you use empath in a sentence?
- How did a complete stranger know he was an empath?
- What part of speech is empath?
- Empath is a noun.
- How do you pronounce empath?
- Empath is pronounced /ˈɛm.pæθ/.
- What is the plural of empath?
- The plural of empath is empaths.
Words near empath in the dictionary
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