empathist
See also: Empathist
English
Alternative forms
- (philosophy sense) Empathist
Etymology
From empathy + -ist.
Noun
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
- “empathist, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2023), “empathist, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.