empath

ˈɛmpæθ

Definition

Definition of empath - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

psychologyperson who senses others' emotions easily

She is an empath who feels others' sadness.

intuitive

sensitive

extra-sensory

Rare

person with extra-sensory empathic ability

Rare

In the story, the empath could read minds.

intuitive

perceptive

sensitive

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Origin of empath

Greek, empatheia (passion)

Examples of empath in a sentence

The empath could sense the tension in the room.
The empath sensed the tension in the room.
As an empath, she felt others' emotions deeply.

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French:empath, personne empathique, ...
German:Empath, ...
Italian:empatico, sensitivo, ...
Spanish:empático, individuo empático, ...
Portuguese:empático, sensitivo, ...
Chinese:共情者, 共感者, ...
Japanese:エンパス, 感応者, ...
Arabic:شخص متعاطف, مُتَعاطِف خارِق, ...
Hebrew:אֶמְפַּת, אֶמְפָּתִי, ...
Russian:эмпат, человек-эмпат, ...
Ukrainian:емпат, ...
Hindi:सहानुभूति रखने वाला, अतिसंवेदनशील व्यक्ति, ...
Bengali:এমপ্যাথ, সংবেদনশীল ব্যক্তি, ...
Catalan:empàtic, individu empàtic, ...
Czech:empatik, člověk s mimosmyslovou empatií, ...
Danish:empat, empath, ...
Dutch:empaat, ...
Greek:εμπαθής, ...
Hungarian:empata, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សដែលងាយយល់ដឹងពីអារម្មណ៍របស់អ្នកដទៃ, បុគ្គលដែលអាចយល់អារម្មណ៍អ្នកដទៃដោយសមត្ថភាពក្រៅញ្ញាណ, ...
Korean:공감자, 감정이입자, ...
Persian:فرد حساس, همدلی, ...
Polish:empata, ...
Portuguese (BR):pessoa empática, sensitivo, ...
Romanian:persoană empatică, ...
Swedish:empat, empath, ...
Thai:ผู้มีความรู้สึกไว, ผู้มีความรู้สึกพิเศษ, ...
Turkish:empati, empati yeteneği olan, ...
Vietnamese:người thấu cảm, người cảm nhận, ...

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