All 5 Uses of
empathy
in
Ender's Game
- That was the most frightening thing of all— that she could understand Peter well enough, could empathize with him enough to get inside him that way.
p. 116.6empathize = understand or share another's feelingsstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- Meanwhile, his Locke followed her moderate, empathic strategies.
p. 122.4empathic = with understanding and sharing of others' feelings
- By having her write Demosthenes, it meant he also had some empathy, just as Locke also could play on others fears.
p. 122.4empathy = understanding and sharing of others' feelings
- Demosthenes is definitely the girl, but Graff says the girl was rejected for Battle School because she was too pacific, too conciliatory, and above all, too empathic.
p. 187.3empathic = with a tendency to share others' feelings
- We had to have a commander with so much empathy that he would think like the buggers, understand them and anticipate them. So much compassion that he could win the love of his underlings...
p. 235.3 *empathy = understanding and sharing other's feelings
Definition:
the ability, tendency, or act of understanding and sharing another's emotional state