From the given options, select the word which is opposite in meaning to the word:

empathy

Insensitivity

The word that is opposite in meaning to empathy is insensitivity.

• Empathy means the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
• Insensitivity means the lack of ability to understand or share the feelings of another person.

The other options are not opposite in meaning to empathy.

• Original means not copied from something else; new and creative.
• Vigorous means full of energy and strength.
• Stubbornness means the quality of being unyielding or unshakable in one's opinion or course of action.