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1. (n.) pathos
the quality or power in life or art of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
2. pathos
pity.
3. pathos
Obs. suffering.
Etymology: (1570–80; < Gk páthos suffering, sensation, akin to páschein to suffer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pathos, poignancy
a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
"the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
2. (noun) commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
"the blind are too often objects of pity"
3. (noun) pathos
a style that has the power to evoke feelings
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pathos
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. pathos
the name given to an expression of deep feeling, and calculated to excite similar feelings in others.
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