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How to pronounce “compassion”
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Pronunciation guide for compassion
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of compassion with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dr. Kristin Neff
Neff, an expert in self-compassion.
- Definition summary
- Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
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How to pronounce compassion
Dr. Kristin Neff

Neff, an expert in self-compassion.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “compassion”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
- (by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
- [Verb]
- (obsolete) To pity.
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