Vocabulary
Empathy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Urdu meaning
ہم آہنگی، ہم احساس، ہمدلی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It is humans who make a crucial difference, because only humans can bring empathy, moral judgement and persistence tothe searchfortruth.
- If India was really motivated by empathy, it would immediately restore the IWT so that timely and precise data could be shared with Pakistan, and flood-related devastation be minimised.
- In this light, the BJP has gone all in on commemorating Aug 14 as `Partition Massacres Day`, using the tragic events of seven decades ago not to build compassion or empathy,but as political currency in the present.
- Research byHarvard says repeated exposure to such images `blunts emotional responses, fostering a diminished sense of empathy towards real-world atrocities`.
- Even if they do realise that the air in Islamabad inflicts amnesia on those in power, they tend to forget all the issues they had expressed empathy for when in opposition.
Synonyms
affinity with, rapport with, sympathy with, understanding of, sensitivity towards, sensibility to
Curator example
I did not have empathy for the characters
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