The ability to understand and to be understanding of another person's emotions and situations. Its the ability, essentially, to relate to another's emotions.
I don't know about the definition but the word means when someone is going through something and you know what they feel like because you've been through the same thing before… at some point in your life. (MORE)
There is a distinction made in empathy. Empathy may be viewed as a relatively stable disposition (dispositional empathy), but also as a transient affective reaction elicited i…n concrete situations (situational empathy). (MORE)
say i were to ask you a question OK. "do you need help?" when your struggling to lift multiple heavy items. that is an example of an empathy question. this is when you ask a p…erson a question they already know so you can do a task. Other examples: Asking, "How can I help?" when someone has had a death in the family. "That must have really hurt when your boyfriend dumped you. Do you want to talk for a while?" However, be aware that the way we form questions or statements of empathy (e.g. putting ourselves in other people's shoes), the risk is we may name the wrong feeling and assume the other person feels that way too when maybe the person honestly has a different reaction/feeling. Here is an example: "That must have really hurt when your boyfriend dumped you. Do you want to talk for a while?" "Him? No way, I'm not hurt. I'm glad he's gone. I was gonna dump him but he just said it first. Good riddance!" (MORE)
Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone elses shoes.example one of my friend forgot lunch and I offered part of my lunch because I knew I would want her to offer me …lunch if I had forgoten my lunch. (MORE)
Empathy is the ability to carve up or be familiar with emotionsknowledge by an additional attentive or fantastic organism. One mayrequire to contain a definite amount of under…standing before beingcapable to knowledge accurate consideration. (MORE)