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pathos
('p/eI//T//A/s )

noun (n)

  • a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The film captured all the pathos of their situation.
    Synonym:
    poignancy
    source: wordnet30
  • a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others(noun.feeling)
    source: wordnet30
  • a style that has the power to evoke feelings(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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