Literary notes about empathetic (AI summary)
In literature, the word "empathetic" is deployed both as an adjective describing a profound, often almost instinctive sensitivity to others’ emotions, and as a noun denoting characters endowed with a unique, almost mystical perceptiveness. Authors use the term to evoke a state of tender, protective consciousness that envelops an individual, suggesting that such awareness penetrates even the silent surges of emotion beneath daily interactions [1, 2]. In some works, being empathetic is portrayed as both a natural trait and a cultivated skill, enabling characters to perceive hidden truths or unspoken attitudes, a power so refined that it can even detect deceit [3, 4]. Occasionally, the depiction becomes so central that the empathetic is recognized almost as a rare, inherited gift within a community or lineage [5, 6]. This versatility in usage lends depth to character development and underscores the nuanced interplay between personal history and emotional acuity [7, 8].
- It enfolded his consciousness, tenderly, protectingly, empathetic.
— from Riya's Foundling by Algis Budrys - The empathetic is always aware of this constant and silent surge, whether he makes the effort to understand it or not.
— from Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison - You can't lie to a trained empathetic because he can sense the real attitude behind the verbal lies.
— from Sense of Obligation by Harry Harrison - You can't lie to a trained empathetic, because he can sense the real attitude behind the verbal lies.
— from Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison - It has been two generations since an empathetic was last born on Anvhar and I have been watching carefully most of that time."
— from Sense of Obligation by Harry Harrison - "What in blazes is an empathetic—and how do you recognize it when you have found it?"
— from Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison - I was too identified emotionally with helping these three, overly-empathetic due to my own history.
— from How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Isabel A. Moser - But he did feel the wave of emotion that welled from her, impinging directly on his empathetic sense.
— from Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
