1. the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another.
2. the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Empathy
Empathy: A way of showing emotion, or caring towards others.
Examples of empathy:
1. She showed much empathy towards the children in Haiti.
2. I received empathy from my friend about the loss of my dog.
Empathy is best used when someone needs help from a loss or something that is sad. Its best to show caring and understanding towards a friend that needs some attention.
My word is a lot like Trust but different in that its more of a broader topic than empathy. Trust is a big concept in life but its bigger than the concept of empathy. Empathy involves trust like keeping a embarresing secret that is personal. When someone tells you a secret, it means that they know that you care for them and that they can trust you. Empathy is like giving when trust is when you have to earn it.
My word is the exact oppsite of Apathy which means that Empathy is to show feelings and apathy is to not show intrest or lack of attention towards the other person.
I would give this word 4 out 5 stars because empathy is used in our everyday lives and everyone shows it. Everyone shows towards another person that they care or that they understand. The one thing that it doesnt make it the "best" word is that nobody goes around saying "you showed empathy towards me." Its more like,"you actually care" which is the concept of empathy.
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| A person who is going towards a kid and showing him that he will be there for him. |
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