empathy
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Those are traits that help define a psychopath, someone who lives among us but doesn’t have the empathy and ethics necessary to behave in a civilized, or even safe, fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
What is lacking in her treatment of such figures is the empathy and thoughtfulness displayed elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"It's about... compassion and empathy and trying our best to understand without judgement what our patients are experiencing," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Too little or no empathy makes you a psychopath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Her mom used to tell her stories of Gandhari, a queen who chose to go through life blindfolded out of empathy for her blind husband.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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