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What is the missing word..........?

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..........A word derived from the Greek word 'PATHOS' which means 'to try to feel or understand how another person is feeling':

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  1. Well, according to the Encarta Dictionary 2006, "pathos" is already an English word derived from the same word in Greek.

    On the other hand, "empathy" comes from the Greek empatheia ("affection, passion").

    pathos

    pa·thos [páy thòss, páy thàwss]

    noun

    1.  quality that arouses pity: the quality in something that makes people feel pity or sadness  

    2.  expression of pity: feelings of pity, especially when they are expressed in some way  

    [Late 16th century. < Greek , "feeling, disease"]

    em·pa·thy [émpəthee]

    noun

    1.  understanding of another's feelings: the ability to identify with and understand somebody else's feelings or difficulties  

    2.  attribution of feelings to an object: the transfer of somebody's own feelings and emotions to an object such as a painting  

    [Early 20th century. < Greek empatheia "affection, passion"]


  2. empathy

  3. Empathy or Empathetic

  4. empathize

  5. maybe empathy...

  6. Empathy

  7. Empathy?

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