Empathy and Numbness

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Empathy noun - Understanding and entering into another's feelings.

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Numbness is an antonym for empathy.

Numbness noun - A lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness.

Usage example: the prisoner exhibited the numbness of someone who had spent more years behind bars than he could remember

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Empathy is an antonym for numbness.

Nearby Words: numb, numbing, numbly

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Numbness and Empathy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/empathy/numbness

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