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Empathy

The ability to share another's feelings.

The Greek roots

ἐν
en
in
+
πάθος
páthos
feeling, suffering

Literally: feeling into

The story of the word

To 'feel into' another person. The same páthos gives sympathy ('feeling with') and apathy ('no feeling').

In a sentence

She listened with real empathy.

Built on the same root

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