Dictionary of troublesome word. Bill Bryson. 2013.
empathy, sympathy — Empathy, a more specific word than sympathy, refers to actual identification with the thoughts and feelings of someone else or to a sharing through vicarious experience with the attitudes and emotions of another: Empathy is more meaningful in… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
empathy, sympathy — Empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of the feelings or problems of another. It is thus close in meaning to compassion. Sympathy is more general. It can denote a closeness of understanding, but it can equally suggest no more than an… … Dictionary of troublesome word
empathy — *sympathy, pity, compassion, commiseration, ruth, condolence Analogous words: imagination, fancy, fantasy: appreciation, understanding, comprehension (see corresponding verbs at UNDERSTAND) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
sympathy — See empathy. See empathy, sympathy … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
empathy — See empathy, sympathy … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Empathy — is the capacity to recognize or understand another s state of mind or emotion. It is often characterized as the ability to put oneself into another s shoes , or to in some way experience the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself.It… … Wikipedia
sympathy — 1 *attraction, affinity Analogous words: reciprocality, correspondence (see corresponding adjectives at RECIPROCAL): *harmony, consonance, accord, concord Antonyms: antipathy 2 Sympathy, pity, compassion, commiseration, condolence, ruth, empathy… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Sympathy — is a social affinity in which one person stands with another person, closely understanding his or her feelings. The word derives from the Greek συμπάθεια ( sympatheia ) [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi… … Wikipedia
empathy — 1. This is originally a term used in psychology and aesthetics meaning ‘the power of identifying oneself mentally with (and so fully comprehending) a person or object of contemplation’. In general use it tends to replace sympathy or feeling for… … Modern English usage
empathy — , sympathy Empathy denotes a close emotional understanding of the feelings or problems of another. It is thus close in meaning to compassion. Sympathy is more general. It can denote a closeness of understanding, but it can equally suggest no… … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
