empath en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛm.pæθ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From empathy.
Meanings
- Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others. ▸ Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.
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Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others. ▸ Someone who does so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
How did a complete stranger know he was an empath? He rarely if ever talked about it, even to his closest friends. It made people uneasy.
2005, Catherine Asaro, Schism:Near-synonyms: telempath, telepath
She was the empath who would betray empaths if she got the chance. So they'd tried to fix things so that she didn't get the chance.
1957, Hans Stefan Santesson, editor, Fantastic Universe:The aura may, in fact, linger around objects or places and that "lingering energy" is what an empath senses and intuits.
2007, Ellen Dugan, Natural Witchery:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| empaths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
de Empathin (person with excessive empathy) · fi empaatti (person with extra-sensory empathic ability) · fr empathe (person with excessive empathy) · de Empath (person with extra-sensory empathic ability) · es émpata (person with excessive empathy) · hu empata (person with excessive empathy) · pt pessoa empática (person with excessive empathy) · es émpata (person with extra-sensory empathic ability) · es zahorí (person with excessive empathy) · de Empath (person with excessive empathy) · fr empathe (person with extra-sensory empathic ability)