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Pathos Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pathos? [n] a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation" [n] a style that has the power to evoke feelings [n] a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pathos: commiseration \| pity \| poignancy \| ruth Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pathos: bathos \| benevolence \| bitterness \| bleakness \| caring \| cheerlessness \| chord \| clemency \| comfortlessness \| commiseration \| compassion \| concern \| condolence \| depression \| discomfort \| dismalness \| distress \| distressfulness \| dreariness \| echo \| empathy \| favor \| feeling \| fellow feeling \| forbearance \| forgiveness \| grace \| grief \| grievousness \| heaviness \| heaviness of heart \| heavy heart \| heavyheartedness \| humanity \| identification \| involvement \| joylessness \| kindness \| lamentability \| lamentation \| leniency \| mercy \| mitigation \| mournfulness \| pain \| painfulness \| pardon \| pitiability \| pitiableness \| pitifulness \| pity \| poignancy \| quarter \| regrettableness \| relating \| relief \| reprieve \| response \| responsiveness \| ruth \| sadheartedness \| sadness \| self-pity \| sharing \| sharpness \| sorrowfulness \| sympathetic chord \| sympathetic response \| sympathy \| vibes \| vibrations \| woebegoneness \| woefulness See Also \| expressive style \| fellow feeling \| quality \| style \| sympathy Pathos In Webster's Dictionary \Pa"thos\, n. 1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to {ethos}. 2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction. \Pa"thos\, n. [L., from Gr. pa`qos a suffering, passion, fr. ?, ?, to suffer; cf. ? toil, L. pati to suffer, E. patient.] That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry. The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. --T. Warton.

Pathos Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pathos?

[n] a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
[n] a style that has the power to evoke feelings
[n] a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pathos: commiseration | pity | poignancy | ruth

Pathos In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa"thos\, n.
1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or
   experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted
   and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions
   or feelings as distinguished from those which are
   universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to
   {ethos}.

2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.


\Pa"thos\, n. [L., from Gr. pa`qos a suffering, passion,
fr. ?, ?, to suffer; cf. ? toil, L. pati to suffer, E.
patient.]
That quality or property of anything which touches the
feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which
awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like;
contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic
quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.

      The combination of incident, and the pathos of
      catastrophe.                             --T. Warton.

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