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Empathetic Pronunciation
Empathetic is pronounced em-puh-THE-tik, IPA /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/.
em-puh-THE-tik
US /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/ · UK /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
Syllables: em · puh · THE · tik (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
adjective: Able to understand and share what another person is feeling.
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Empathetic in a Sentence
- A good nurse is both competent and empathetic.
- He gave an empathetic nod and said nothing.
- Readers found the narrator unusually empathetic.
Common Mispronunciations of Empathetic
Not EM-puh-the-tik
Empathy starts loud, but the adjective does not. The -etic ending drags the beat onto THE.
Not em-puh-DE-tik
The th is the voiceless one of thin: tongue tip on the teeth, air over the top. A d in its place loses the word.
Tip: Four syllables, loud on the third: em-puh-THE-tik. It shares its shape with pathetic.
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