empathic

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The empathic distance that reality TV affords still allows us to not only delight in the Traitors’ impressive murder run but perhaps fantasize as to how well we’d perform in their place.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Students vastly underestimated how empathic, kind and friendly their average peer was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“But it’s not actually giving them real-life experiences with other humans that are important for developing the healthy, mutually empathic curiosity that people need to participate in complex human relationships.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

"She's a very empathic woman," she told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick