suicidal empathy

noun

suicidal empathy

noun

Etymology Coined by Canadian scholar Gad Saad.

1

The exhibiting of empathy for others at great harm to oneself.

“We’ve got civilizational suicidal empathy going on,” Musk said, borrowing the term from Gad Saad, a Canadian scholar who is also a frequent Rogan host.2025 March 5, Zachary B. Wolf, “Elon Musk wants to save Western civilization from empathy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2025:

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