pathos
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From Ancient Greek πάθος (pathos), “‘suffering’”).
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pathos (countable and uncountable; plural pathoses)
- 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.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd, 1874:
- His voice had a genuine pathos now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd, 1874:
- (rhetoric) A writer's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions not strictly limited to pity.
- (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
- (theology)(philosophy) In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.
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- pathos in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pathos in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
