- published: 10 Dec 2013
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Empathy is the capacity to recognize feelings that are being experienced by another sentient or semi-sentient being. Someone may need to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel compassion. The English word was coined in 1909 by E.B. Titchener as an attempt to translate the German word "Einfühlungsvermögen", a new phenomenon explored at the end of 19th century mainly by Theodor Lipps. It was later re-translated into the German language (Germanized) as "Empathie", and is still in use there.
The English word is derived from the Greek word ἐμπάθεια (empatheia), "physical affection, passion, partiality" which comes from ἐν (en), "in, at" + πάθος (pathos), "passion" or "suffering". The term was adapted by Hermann Lotze and Robert Vischer to create the German word Einfühlung ("feeling into"), which was translated by Edward B. Titchener into the English term empathy.
Alexithymia from the Ancient Greek words λέξις (lexis) and θύμος (thumos) modified by an alpha-privative—literally "without words for emotions"—is a term to describe a state of deficiency in understanding, processing, or describing emotions in oneself.
Actors: Margot Francis (editor), Victoria Kelly (composer), Dean O'Gorman (actor), Harry Sinclair (director), Harry Sinclair (writer), Rose McIver (actress), Rajeev Varma (actor), Peter Feeney (actor), Miriama Smith (actress), Genevieve McClean (actress), Joost Langeveld (composer), Kate Elliott (actress), Kim Michalis (actress), Michael Lawrence (actor), Juliette Veber (producer),
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