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EMPATHIC [em-puh-thet-ik]

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Main Entry:	empathic [em-puh-thet-ik] Show IPA/ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	understanding
Synonyms:	compassionate, empathetic, feeling, sensitive, sympathetic

Main Entry:	commiserative
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	pitying
Synonyms:	compassionate, condolatory, empathetic, empathic, sympathetic, sympathizing

Main Entry:	empathetic
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	understanding
Synonyms:	compassionate, empathic, feeling, sensitive, sympathetic

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Contrary to what many people believe, being empathic is not the same thing as being nice.

It could be that, compared to other professions, the people that gravitate to healthcare tend to be less empathic.

They also noticed that empathic brain systems took an average of six to eight seconds to start up.

Contrary to what many people believe, being empathic is not the same thing as being nice.

It could be that, compared to other professions, the people that gravitate to healthcare tend to be less empathic.

They also noticed that empathic brain systems took an average of six to eight seconds to start up.

There has been an empathic feeling, as there always is in the presence of great vocalism.

Conversely, medical students should learn empathic skills by mastering patient simulation.

Let's also think about the psychological self-awareness that comes from an empathic bond between parent and child.

All of these practices will lead you to empathic thinking.

Yet some researchers are inflicting pain on other primates in studies to isolate specific neurons in empathic responses.

Nearly all are earnest and empathic about their work.

Research consistently demonstrates the key role an empathic patient-doctor relationship plays in overall health.

For their level of intelligence, they're unusually cooperative and empathic.

Empathotorium: the place where all the empathic folks go to exercise.

Acting with callous disregard for the feelings of other animals undermines our empathic natures and humane sensitivities.

Research suggests that people are far more empathic when stories are told in a linear way, without quick shot-to-shot edits.

Of course, there are plenty of empathic and creative people who can handle the math, and plenty of compulsive whiners who can't.

When bad things happened to bad people, the women in the study were still empathic.

The work is in the imaginative and empathic work it took to get to that truth, not in its expression.

Radke-Yarrow found that sometimes only severe maternal depression could elicit intense empathic behavior in boys.

Stephens won the final point with an empathic inside-out forehand, then let out a shriek.

Simply listening attentively and being empathic can help.

These are truly selfish reactions, which are quite different from empathic ones.

The more empathic one is, the more demoralizing it is to feel incapable of giving the right attention to patients.

On that terrain, she was bold, empathic and merciless.

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