1 definition by Ian Detlefsen

synthepy

(n.) synthetic sympathy, generated empathy; the empathetic power given to a machine, computorial device or digital entity; a kind of emotional understanding specific to sentient mechanisms (adj.) the way a digital entity expresses emotional understanding through it's man-made programs
(pl.) synthepies (adj.) synthepethetic

The coils of the great supercomputer squinched in a groan of reverberant pain, as if in synthepy to the human content overlookers who'd soon be too swampted to sleep that night.

by Ian Detlefsen January 27, 2009