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On the flip side, just because a character has empathy does not mean that they possess one ounce of compassion or sympathy, though the lack of either usually coincides with at least a diminished sense of empathy. This is where [[The Sociopath]] should not be confused with someone with Aspergers or another form of autism; the former usually has perfect cognitive empathy, but utterly lacks emotional or compassionate empathy; the latter on the other hand has defective cognitive empathy, but normal or even hyper-effective emotional or compassionate empathy. [[The Sociopath]] is generally superficially charming and polite, a social chameleon, but this pretense of empathy is simply that, a pretense, a mere ruse to attain a tangible end.
[[Jerkass]]es, [[Complete Monster]]s, the [[Moral Myopia|Moral Myopic]] and [[The Soulless]] tend to express this trope. When taken to its logical conclusion it leads to [[It's All About Me]]. Often an integral part of [[Comedic Sociopathy]]. Sometimes characters with a
Not to be confused with [[No Sympathy]], which refers to characters who supposedly ''do'' have an ability to empathise, but completely fail to demonstrate it. Overlaps with [[The Sociopath]]. [[Kids Are Cruel]] and [[Teens Are Monsters]] often have this trope.
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