Akademik

empathy

n. Psychol. the power of identifying oneself mentally with (and so fully comprehending) a person or object of contemplation.
Derivatives:
empathetic adj. empathetically adv. empathic adj. empathically adv. empathist n.
Etymology: transl. G Einfuumlhlung f. ein in + Fuumlhlung feeling, after Gk empatheia: see SYMPATHY

Useful english dictionary. 2012.