empathy
/ˈempəθi/
EN
The ability to understand and share the feelings, thoughts, or experiences of another person from their frame of reference.
Her empathy for the grieving family helped them feel less alone in their sorrow.
Etymology
Coined in English in 1908 from the Greek word 'empatheia' meaning 'passion, state of feeling', adapted to translate the German 'Einfühlung' used in early psychology.
Translations
简体中文
同理心,共情,同感
繁體中文
同理心,共情感應,同感
日本語
共感,同理心,エンパシー
한국어
공감,감정이입,엠퍼시
Deutsch
Empathie,Einfühlungsvermögen
Español
empatía,capacidad de ponerse en el lugar de otro
Português
empatia,capacidade de compreender
Français
empathie,compréhension affective
Tiếng Việt
đồng cảm,thấu cảm,sự cảm thông