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Word of the Day – Empath

By August 11, 2023Word of the Day

Empath (noun)

em-path

A person who has a particular tendency or ability to psychologically identify with the emotions, thoughts, or attitudes of others.

Empath was first recorded in 1956 in Scottish author J.T. McIntosh’s 1956 “The Empath,” a story about paranormally empathetic beings called empaths.

Example sentences

“she felt it all keenly because she was such an empath.”

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