empathy (noun)

  • 21sensitivity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1803 the quality or state of being sensitive: as a. the capacity of an organism or sense organ to respond to stimulation ; irritability b. the quality or state of being hypersensitive c. the degree to which a radio… …

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  • 22psychopath — noun /ˈsaɪkoʊˌpæθ/ a) A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self control, disregard for …

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  • 23cold fish — noun a) A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion. [I]t was thought she was a woman and was turned into a cold fish for she would not exchange flesh with one that loved her. b) A sexual partner who, during copulation, lacks… …

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  • 24empathogen — noun A chemical agent that induces feelings of empathy …

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  • 25compassion — noun /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it Syn: empathy, pity, tenderheartedness, sorrow, kindness, heart …

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  • 26robot — noun /ˈɹəʊbɒt,ˈɹoʊbɑt,ˈɹoʊbət/ a) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. The robots in Dicks novel, loosely adapted by Ridley Scott into the film Blade Runner, were so similar …

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  • 27pathos — noun a) That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic… …

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  • 28sympathy — noun /ˈsɪmpəθi/ a) A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion. Sympathy likened anything to anything else in universal attraction, e.g. the fate of men to the course of the planets. b) The ability to share… …

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  • 29fellow feeling — noun A sense of sympathy for, consideration of, or shared interests with one or more other human beings. [I]s the character and property of the man, who labours for our intellectual pleasures, less entitled to a share of our fellow feeling, than… …

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  • 30psychopathy — noun /saɪˈkɑpəθi,saɪˈkɒpəθi/ A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitation, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of… …

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