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empathyless

empathyless adjective: devoid of empathy; unempathetic.

Adjective

empathyless (comparative more empathyless, superlative most empathyless)

  1. Devoid of empathy; unempathetic.
    • In other words, there is a step beyond an empathy-informed hatred that wants to destroy you; and an empathyless environment that just brushes you off the face of the earth.c. 1978-1981, Heinz Kohut, On Empathy

Forms of empathyless

comparativemore empathyless
superlativemost empathyless

Origin of empathyless

From empathy + -less.

Questions about empathyless

What does empathyless mean?
Empathyless means devoid of empathy; unempathetic.
What part of speech is empathyless?
Empathyless is an adjective.

Words near empathyless in the dictionary

  1. empathy belly
  2. empathy game
  3. empathy games
  4. empathy map
  5. empathy maps
  6. empathyless
  7. empawn
  8. empawned
  9. empawning
  10. empawns
  11. empayre

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