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pseudo-empathy

pseudo-empathy noun: the understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person, but without identification, care or urge to improve their condition.

Noun

pseudo-empathy (uncountable)

  1. The understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person, but without identification, care or urge to improve their condition.
  2. The power to manipulate another person's emotional condition for one's own benefit.

Origin of pseudo-empathy

From pseudo- + empathy.

Questions about pseudo-empathy

What does pseudo-empathy mean?
Pseudo-empathy means the understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person, but without identification, care or urge to improve their condition.
What part of speech is pseudo-empathy?
Pseudo-empathy is a noun.

Words near pseudo-empathy in the dictionary

  1. pseudo-discipline
  2. pseudo-disciplines
  3. pseudo-edge
  4. pseudo-edges
  5. pseudo-election
  6. pseudo-empathy
  7. pseudo-English
  8. pseudo-fascism
  9. pseudo-feeble-minded
  10. pseudo-feeble-mindedness
  11. pseudo-feebleminded

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