Weaponized Empathy

"Weaponized empathy" refers to the use of empathy as a manipulative tool for personal gain or to control others, rather than for genuine understanding or support. It is commonly used in faking or exaggerating emotional understanding to manipulate someone into doing what you want, often by guilting them or by implying what they're doing is unfair.

Person A: "I really need you to cover my shift tomorrow."
Person B: "I can’t, I’ve got plans already."
Person A: "Oh, I see. I just thought you’d understand how stressed I’ve been lately. It must because I'm black, right? Don't you care about stopping racism?"
Person B: "That's.. That's not how that works?"
Person A: "Shut up, Nazi."
Person B: "Enough with the weaponized empathy already!"

by dicktongued March 9, 2025

Empathy

“Empathy” to understand others in order to help them.

I always have empathy for others because I would want them to understand me in my time of need.

by -Myers.J September 8, 2025

Orgasmic Empathy

Medical terminology used when referring to the term “blue balls”

“I got blue balls”
“I’m experiencing orgasmic empathy currently”

by Atherosclerosis September 17, 2025

Evolutionary Empathy

The biological principle of commutative support across life forms, where organisms help, protect, or share resources with others to increase collective survival and evolution.

Trees use Evolutionary Empathy by sending nutrients through their root networks to support struggling neighbors.

by Lilac.in.a.Sack October 6, 2025

Empathy

Feeling relieved when someone else farts

Jane has a lot of empathy for others. I farted the other day and she said, “Aah I feel so much better”

by Zinger Hoff May 7, 2022

Botanic Empathy

To share and understand feelings with botanical life, it is especially strong during time of extreme circumstances in which a plant may go through, such as withering away or being stressed out.

My aloe plant started to wither away due to stress, and my botanic empathy made me start to wither away as well, on the inside.

by dictionary_bob July 27, 2022