empathyless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

empathy +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

empathyless (comparative more empathyless, superlative most empathyless)

  1. Devoid of empathy; unempathetic.
    • c. 1978-1981, Heinz Kohut, On Empathy
      In other words, there is a step beyond an empathy-informed hatred that wants to destroy you; and an empathyless environment that just brushes you off the face of the earth.