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em·pa·thy

(

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) KEY

NOUN:

Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.

ETYMOLOGY:
en- ² + -pathy (translation of German Einfühlung)

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