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overempathic

overempathic adjective: excessively empathic.

Adjective

overempathic (comparative more overempathic, superlative most overempathic)

  1. Excessively empathic.
    • Or was that the overempathic psychiatrist in me speaking?2008 April 1, Barbara Schildkrout, M.D., “Am I Looking at a Malignant Melanoma?”, in New York Times

Forms of overempathic

comparativemore overempathic
superlativemost overempathic

Origin of overempathic

From over- + empathic.

Questions about overempathic

What does overempathic mean?
Overempathic means excessively empathic.
What part of speech is overempathic?
Overempathic is an adjective.

Words near overempathic in the dictionary

  1. overemotionalized
  2. overemotionalizes
  3. overemotionalizing
  4. overemotionally
  5. overemotive
  6. overempathic
  7. overempathize
  8. overemphases
  9. overemphasis
  10. overemphasise
  11. overemphasised

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