Current Events > CE Word of the day - empathy

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I want to post more, so I plan to scan CE topics to find an interesting word.
If you want to post in this topic, try to use the word of the day in a sentence.

Today's word is empathy.
As defined by Merriam-Webster:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy

Did You Know?

In the 19th century, Charles Dickens counted on producing an empathetic response in his readers strong enough to make them buy the next newspaper installment of each novel. Today, when reading a novel such as A Tale of Two Cities, only the most hard-hearted reader could fail to feel empathy for Sidney Carton as he approaches the guillotine. One who empathizes suffers along with the one who feels the sensations directly. Empathy is similar to sympathy, but empathy usually suggests stronger, more instinctive feeling. So a person who feels sympathy, or pity, for victims of a war in Asia may feel empathy for a close friend going through the much smaller disaster of a divorce.

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Sounds political to me.
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