From the given options, select the word which is opposite in meaning to the word:
empathy
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
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.