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Empath

1. An Empath is a person with a preternatural ability to apprehend the emotional state of another individual.

2. When the term Empath is used in online communities, it takes on a new meaning. Essentially it means a person with a preternatural ability to completely misunderstand the mental or emotional state of themselves and others.

3. A person who has the ability to understand and share in the feelings of another.

4. When one flips the coin of the title Empath, they come face to face with the darker side of Empathy or that of the Empathic Parasite. This type of person utilizes their ability to understand and share in the emotional states of others to manipulate people and situations to bring themselves front and center. These same people then begin to sustain themselves on the emotional energy of others, often leaving them feeling drained and/or exhausted.

5. Another definition of Empath is that of the Empathic Guru. The Empathic Guru is someone who believes it is their mission in life to do outreach to others and help guide them on their spiritual path to perfection, enlightenment, or infinite peace. In the doing, they willingly set themselves, their needs and wants, aside and sacrifice themselves for others, because this is where their sense of self and self worth rises out of.
Deanna Troi, from the television series Star Trek The Next Generation, brought the term Empath to the forfront of mainstream social consciousness with her abilities to feel the emotional currents of those around her, even at relatively long distances.
by EmberDust September 13, 2011
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Empathic Identification

To predict people's behaviour by using faculty of empathy.
Among all means of understanding someone's psyche, empathic identification is one of the cheif tool.
by Poirei K. S. October 4, 2007
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Crippling Empathy

A Condition where a person's unrestrained empathy overrides their critical thinking. Creating a condition where every thing's feelings and conditions must be taken into account before any action can be made. Vegans & extreme environmentalist's suffer from the worst strain of this disease.
"How can you eat that Lobster?"
"Real easy with butter and lemon."
"People like you make every day Auschwitz for the animals."
"If your crippling empathy makes it hard for you to eat a lobster that's fine. But don't project it on me."
by Emperor Zoltan October 4, 2008
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eratard

a word that comes from combining era and retard and means to do something so ignorant that it could be the dumbest or stupidest thing done in the last 50+ years
John- "omg i just rode my bike into a brick wall"

Jared- "you eratard"
by jayred May 21, 2008
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Ezrateing

The art of being a fabulous, condescending, hoe.
"Wow, Ezra is a master at Ezrateing!"
by yolocholo January 12, 2015
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erathor

A notorious game dev. His name seems to be from Lord of the Rings esque... kinda. Not much is known about him though he can be spotted on gaming sides. If you spot him report him to the community immediately before he tops all gaming charts with his products on the corresponding gaming side.
"I saw ERATHOR going to church last Sunday..."
"Erathor should stop making great content"
by M I M January 5, 2018
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Empathiosexual

An individual who finds empathy to be an attractive trait in others. The word itself is a play on Sapiosexual but with empathy instead.
I have a soft spot for empathetic people, I guess you could say I’m empathiosexual
by RancidTendencies August 30, 2019
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