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hyper-empathetic

hyper-empathetic is the alternative spelling of hyperempathetic.

Meaning of hyperempathetic

Adjective

hyperempathetic (comparative more hyperempathetic, superlative most hyperempathetic)

  1. Experiencing heightened or intense empathy.
    • Perhaps in reaction to Lola's lack of sensitivity, Wendy became hyper-empathetic, even to inanimate objects.2011, Julie Salamon, Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein, unnumbered page

Forms of hyper-empathetic

comparativemore hyper-empathetic
superlativemost hyper-empathetic

Questions about hyper-empathetic

What is hyper-empathetic the alternative spelling of?
Hyper-empathetic is the alternative spelling of hyperempathetic.

Words near hyper-empathetic in the dictionary

  1. hyper-corrections
  2. hyper-correctism
  3. hyper-correctisms
  4. hyper-corrective
  5. hyper-correctness
  6. hyper-empathetic
  7. hyper-empathy
  8. hyper-empirical
  9. hyper-explosion
  10. hyper-explosions
  11. hyper-foreign

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