heteropathic

adjective

het·​er·​o·​path·​ic

¦hetərō¦pathik

1

: different in operation or effect

heteropathic laws

—J. S. Mill

2

: identifying self with another

Word History

Etymology

heter- + Greek pathos experience, suffering, emotion + English -ic

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