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# empathy

noun (empathy, uncountable)

«empathy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, as if you were in their place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#m1)
2. Feeling with someone, not just for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school and ethics lessons empathy is taught as a key skill: imagine how the other person feels before you act. In stories characters with empathy notice when someone is sad. Phrases: «show empathy», «have empathy for», «feel empathy», «put yourself in someone's shoes».

### Examples

- Empathy means putting yourself in someone else's shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#x1)
- She showed empathy when her friend's dog died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#x2)
- Good doctors have empathy for their patients. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#x3)
- Reading stories can help us build empathy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#x4)
- He lacked empathy and laughed when Tom fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#x5)
- Our teacher asked us to show empathy to the new boy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Adjective: empathetic or empathic; verb: empathise/empathize (with). Trap: sympathy means feeling sorry for someone; empathy means feeling what they feel. Both are kind.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «empathy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empathy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«empathy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/empathy.html) on Mova free.