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Meaning of 'pathos'
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. [ n.]Meaning of 'pathos' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. pathos [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- 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)
- a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
Example in sentence:
- the film captured all the pathos of their situation
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