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{{Short description|Movement or motivation to help others}} {{Other uses|Compassion (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} [[File:There's no crying in baseball! (4549295140) 2.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Hugging]] is a common display of compassion]] '''Compassion''' is a social feeling that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. Compassion is sensitivity to the emotional aspects of the suffering of others. When based on notions such as fairness, justice, and interdependence, it may be considered partially rational in nature. Compassion involves "feeling for another" and is a precursor to [[empathy]], the "feeling as another" capacity (as opposed to [[sympathy]], the "feeling towards another"). In common parlance, active compassion is the desire to alleviate another's suffering.<ref name="sjsl">{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology |date=2009 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-1-4051-6125-1 |editor-last=Lopez |editor-first=Shane J. |location=Malden, MA |chapter=Compassion |oclc=226984639}}</ref> Compassion involves allowing oneself to be moved by suffering to help alleviate and prevent it. An act of compassion is one that is intended to be [[helpfulness|helpful]]. Other virtues that harmonize with compassion include [[patience]], [[wisdom]], [[kindness]], [[Psychological resilience|perseverance]], warmth, and resolve. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in [[altruism]]. The difference between [[sympathy]] and compassion is that the former responds to others' suffering with sorrow and concern whereas the latter responds with warmth and care.<ref name="CompInteg">{{Cite book |last1=Reddy, Nanda Kishore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLlyCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 |title=Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude |last2=Ajmera, Santosh |publisher=McGraw-Hill Education |year=2015 |isbn=978-93-5134-236-6 |page=146}}</ref> An article in ''[[Clinical Psychology Review]]'' suggests that "compassion consists of three facets: noticing, feeling, and responding".<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Strauss|first1=Clara|last2=Lever Taylor|first2=Billie|last3=Gu|first3=Jenny|last4=Kuyken|first4=Willem|last5=Baer|first5=Ruth|last6=Jones|first6=Fergal|last7=Cavanagh|first7=Kate|date=July 2016|title=What is compassion and how can we measure it? A review of definitions and measures|journal=Clinical Psychology Review|volume=47|pages=15β27|doi=10.1016/j.cpr.2016.05.004|pmid=27267346|issn=0272-7358|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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