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empathy

[em-puh-thee] / ˈɛm pə θi /


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Empathy for the four million people from all walks of life who have chosen to build their lives in this unusual city?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Empathy is the bedrock of what it means to have a society.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026

Programs like Roots of Empathy in Canada and Caring Classrooms in the U.S. have proven highly effective at building kids’ prosocial behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Empathy pours off Fraser in waves, which is what made his Oscar-winning performance in “The Whale” work.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

But then the Voigt Empathy Test had been devised by the Pavlov Institute working in the Soviet Union.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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