Empathyless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From empathy + -less.

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