compassionateness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /kəmˈpæʃənɪtnəs/ UK /kəmˈpæʃənɪtnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of showing sympathy and concern for others' suffering

Her compassionateness toward strangers won her many friends.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of showing... compassion sympathy empathymercifulnesskindness tenderness

Opposites

callousness cruelty heartlessness indifference

Word family

Related forms compassionate compassion passion

Etymology

From compassionate + -ness, from Medieval Latin compassio ('sympathy'), from compati ('to suffer with'), from com- ('with') + pati ('to suffer').

compassio la-ecc pati Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# compassionateness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpæʃənɪtnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpæʃənɪtnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of showing sympathy and concern for others' suffering

## Examples
- Her compassionateness toward strangers won her many friends.

## Synonyms
- compassion
- sympathy
- empathy
- mercifulness
- kindness
- tenderness

## Antonyms
- callousness
- cruelty
- heartlessness
- indifference

## Related Forms
- compassionate
- compassion
- passion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compassio
- Root: pati

## Etymology
From compassionate + -ness, from Medieval Latin compassio ('sympathy'), from compati ('to suffer with'), from com- ('with') + pati ('to suffer').

## AI Etymology
Compassionateness comes from compassionate + -ness, from Medieval Latin compassio ('sympathy'), from compati ('to suffer with'), from com- ('with') + pati ('to suffer'). The historical trail runs through compassio in Late Latin and pati in Latin. Morphologically, compassionateness is transparent: it draws on compassionate + -ness, from Medieval Latin compassio ('sympathy'), from compati ('to suffer with'), from com- ('with') + pati ('to suffer'). Used as a noun, compassionateness now means "the quality of showing sympathy and concern for others' suffering", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as compassionate, compassion, and passion. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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