empathogen

noun
/ɛmˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/

Etymology

From empathy + -o- + -gen, coined by American psychologist Ralph Metzner in 1983.

  1. calqued from Einfühlung
  2. borrowed from ἐμπάθεια
  3. formed as empathogen — “empathy + -o- + -gen

Definitions

  1. A chemical agent that induces feelings of empathy.

The neighborhood

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