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empathic

/ɛmˈpæθɪk/

empathic adjective: showing or expressing empathy.

Adjective

empathic (comparative more empathic, superlative most empathic)

  1. Showing or expressing empathy.
    • Be fair to people: even those who manage to be empathic can't be telepathic. They're only human — they can't read your mind.
    Synonyms:
    empathetic
    Antonyms:
    apathetic, cold
  2. Doing so through psychological talent or training.
    • Be fair to people: not everyone can be empathic, like Cathy is. Her gift is rare.
  3. Doing so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
    • Near-synonyms: telempathic, telepathic
    • I didn't know he was empathic until I realized that he had evidently read my mind with his cyborg implant.

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Forms of empathic

comparativemore empathic
superlativemost empathic

Origin of empathic

From empathy + -ic.

Words formed from empathic

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Questions about empathic

What does empathic mean?
Empathic means showing or expressing empathy.
What part of speech is empathic?
Empathic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce empathic?
Empathic is pronounced /ɛmˈpæθɪk/.

Words near empathic in the dictionary

  1. empassions
  2. empath
  3. empathetic
  4. empathetical
  5. empathetically
  6. empathic
  7. empathic embarrassment
  8. empathic embarrassments
  9. empathical
  10. empathicalism
  11. empathically

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