Meaning & use
empathic
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Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
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The counselor's empathic responses made clients feel truly heard.
Good nurses tend to be highly empathic, sensing a patient's discomfort before it's mentioned.
A note on using this word
Empathic and empathetic are largely interchangeable, though empathic is sometimes preferred in psychology to describe a trait or capacity.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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