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empathetic

adj
/ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/UK/ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/CA/ˌempəˈθetɪk/

Etymology

Derived from empathic, modified to sound more similar to sympathetic.

Definitions

  1. Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings

    Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings; empathic.

    • And where does kindness come from? Are you born with it? Or can you learn to be compassionate and empathetic?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at empathetic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at empathetic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at empathetic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA