empathist
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See also: Empathist
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (philosophy sense) Empathist
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
empathist (plural empathists)
- (philosophy, historical) A member of a group of philosophers who proposed a foundation for human aesthetic enjoyment based on empathy. [early 20th c.]
- (science fiction) Someone able to sense the emotions of others through extrasensory perception; an empath.
References[edit]
- “empathist, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “empathist, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
