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Meaning of 'pathos' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pathos [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'pathos' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pathos [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Example in sentence:
  • the blind are too often objects of pity
Meaning (2):
- a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
Example in sentence:
  • the film captured all the pathos of their situation

Nearby Words:

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