hyperempathy
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- hyper-empathy
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hyperempathy (uncountable)
- (psychology) The state of having an above-average level of empathy, or of experiencing empathy more intensely than others.
- 2020, Sarah Jaquette Ray, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet, page 107:
- And hyper-empathy about others' suffering can get in the way of our ability to function.
- 2023, Davida Hartman, Tara O'Donnell-Killen, Jessica K. Doyle, Maeve Kavanagh, Anna Day, Juliana Azevedo, The Adult Autism Assessment Handbook: A Neurodiversity Affirmative Approach, page 54:
- Despite this, research to date has largely ignored the Autistic experience of hyper-empathy.
- 2024, Essy Knopf, Neurodivergent Game Plan: Cheat Codes for Empowered Living, unnumbered page:
- Hyper-empathy not only motivates their [autistics'] involvement but also enhances their ability to make meaningful and significant contributions to these causes.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hyperempathy.
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