self-communing
adjective
formaluk/ˌself.kəˈmjuː.nɪŋ/us/ˌself.kəˈmjuː.nɪŋ/concentratingonyourownthoughtsandfeelingsratherthancommunicatingwith otherpeople:
Theseintrospective,almostself-communingworkswere written in the composer's lastyears.
Althoughhighlyexpressive, herplayingis notindulgentor self-communing.
- Some of theseslowmovementsmight as well have come from therarefied, self-communingworldof the latesonatas.
- For much of thisperformanceheseemedto be in a self-communingmood.
- The man'sexpressionwasintense, notactivebutponderingand self-communing.
Empathy and sensitivity
- attuned
- commune
- communicate
- communion
- compathy
- emotional intelligence
- empathy
- identify
- identify withsomeone
- put
- putyourselfinsomeone'splace/position/shoesidiom
- rapport
- self-discovery
- sensitive
- sensitiveness
- sympathetically
- sympathize
- theory of mind
- understand
- understanding