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empathogen

/ɛmˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-path-o-gen
IPA
/ɛmˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical agent that induces feelings of empathy.

Etymology

From empathy + -o- + -gen, coined by American psychologist Ralph Metzner in 1983.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

empathogens (plural)

Derived Forms

empathogenic

Questions

How do you pronounce empathogen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛmˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/.
What does empathogen mean?
A chemical agent that induces feelings of empathy.
Where does empathogen come from?
From empathy + -o- + -gen, coined by American psychologist Ralph Metzner in 1983.

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