pathos
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θɒs, -θoʊs, -θɔs noun
1.
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
2.
pity.
3.
Obsolete, suffering.
Origin:
1570–80; < Greek páthos suffering, sensation, akin to páschein to suffer
1570–80; < Greek páthos suffering, sensation, akin to páschein to suffer
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| —n | |
| 1. | the quality or power, esp in literature or speech, of arousing feelings of pity, sorrow, etc |
| 2. | a feeling of sympathy or pity: a stab of pathos |
| [C17: from Greek: suffering; related to penthos sorrow] | |
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Word Origin & History
pathos
"quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1668, from Gk. pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion," lit. "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," and penthos "grief, sorrow;" from PIE base *kwenth- "to suffer, endure" (cf. O.Ir. cessaim, Lith. kenciu "suffer").
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Example sentences
There was no pathos in this discovery, or in the dinner.
When confronted, you retreat into pathos and straw man invectives, because you have nothing else.
The vigor of this poem is no less remarkable than its pathos.
Such detailed description of their relationship underscores the pathos of its end.
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