EMPATHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does empathic mean? 

• EMPATHIC (adjective)
  The adjective EMPATHIC has 1 sense:

1. showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states

  Familiarity information: EMPATHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPATHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states

Synonyms:

empathetic; empathic

Context example:

a sensitive and empathetic school counselor

Similar:

sympathetic (expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward)

 Context examples 

A new study suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our genes.

(Study finds that genes play a role in empathy, University of Cambridge)

It is also possible that GPs with empathic, patient-centred skills may be more likely to succeed in promoting positive behavioural change such as medication adherence or physical activity.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

You may be taking a leading role in the community, whether to share information or expertise or to foster empathic awareness of a humanitarian or charity effort.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In trying to manage the growing burden of chronic preventable disease, we’re increasingly moving towards precision healthcare, target-driven care and technology-based assessment, while at the same time focusing less on the human, interpersonal empathic aspects of care, says Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller, a GP and researcher at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)