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Who popularized the term empathy in English in the early 1900s?

empathy

[em-puh-thee] / ˈɛm pə θi /


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Nowadays, he finds it tough to look back at that version of himself: "While there's a bit of shame and embarrassment... I think there is a bit of empathy for that younger man."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

On her drive to work, she would blast songs by Ukrainian ska punk band Zhadan and the Dogs, singing along to lyrics that mixed denunciations of the war with empathy for its Ukrainian victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

John can start to feel the empathy that Hal denied him, and he can see Hal for who Hal really is.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

She had had a fright and could not even deal with the concern and empathy of onlookers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Her mother had always had a strange empathy for the Night Zoo’s inhabitants.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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