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1. In the psychological theory of K. Lasswitz: a physical property of the nervous system analogous to electrical capacitance, believed to be correlated with feeling. Obs. rare.
2.
a. Psychol. and Aesthetics. The quality or power of projecting one’s personality into or mentally identifying oneself with an object of contemplation, and so fully understanding or appreciating it. Now rare.
b. orig. Psychol. The ability to understand and appreciate another person’s feelings, experience, etc.
b. orig. Psychol. The ability to understand and appreciate another person’s feelings, experience, etc.
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The ability to understand and appreciate
another person’s feelings,
experience, etc.
another person’s feelings,
experience, etc.
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