empathetic
adjective
em·pa·thet·ic
ˌem-pə-ˈthe-tik 
: involving, characterized by, or based on empathy
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an empathetic social worker who soon realized that the single mother was at her breaking point
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Anyone empathetic toward canines will feel contagious joy walking through Emilie Gossiaux’s exhibition at Norway’s Kunsthall Trondheim.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The empathetic move was reminiscent of Princess Diana's warm way, and the photo was taken by Harry and Meghan's friend, celebrated photographer Misan Harriman.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Throughout, there’s a empathetic understanding of actual showbiz hazards: Homer becomes addicted to painkillers, Marge blows a lot of the family fortune on bad investments, and Lisa eventually pens a tell-all titled Where Are My Residuals?
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—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Writing about life in Pottstown, PA, in the early part of the 20th century, McBride centers his book on Chona, an empathetic Jewish woman whose fierce sense of fairness and justice knits together the town’s Black, Jewish and immigrant residents.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The empathetic move was reminiscent of Princess Diana's warm way, and the photo was taken by Harry and Meghan's friend, celebrated photographer Misan Harriman.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Throughout, there’s a empathetic understanding of actual showbiz hazards: Homer becomes addicted to painkillers, Marge blows a lot of the family fortune on bad investments, and Lisa eventually pens a tell-all titled Where Are My Residuals?
11.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Writing about life in Pottstown, PA, in the early part of the 20th century, McBride centers his book on Chona, an empathetic Jewish woman whose fierce sense of fairness and justice knits together the town’s Black, Jewish and immigrant residents.
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Empathetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathetic. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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