Pseudo-empathy (or fake empathy or false empathy or pseudo-compassion or fake compassion or false compassion) is.....


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Neville Symington distinguished real empathy from false in terms of feeling "in", as opposed to feeling "for" - the former being marked by actual knowledge of the other person, not merely sympathy.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ N. Symington, On Narcissism (London 1993) p. 21-4

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Category:Emotions Category:Psychological manipulation