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Common collocations with empathy in American Collocation

empathy noun uncountable

US /ˈempəθi/

great

deep
great
much
strong
total

I have great empathy with the person who wrote it.

real

genuine
natural
real
true

Really understanding someone else’s needs requires genuine empathy and respect.

have empathy

feel
have

I always felt a certain empathy with him as our personal circumstances were similar.

show empathy

demonstrate
display
express
show

Good leaders can be tough and take decisions as well as showing empathy and humility.

cause empathy

build
create
encourage
establish
evoke

Each of the characters evoked our empathy in different ways.