"pathos" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪˌθɒs/ [UK], /ˈpeɪˌθɑs/ [US], /ˈpeɪˌθɔs/ [US], /ˈpeɪˌθoʊs/ [US], /ˈpæˌθoʊs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pathos.wav Forms: pathoses [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|πάθος||suffering}} Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pathos (countable and uncountable, plural pathoses)
  1. The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: patheticness Translations (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions): патос (patos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 感傷 (Chinese Mandarin), 感伤 (gǎnshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 哀婉 (āiwǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), patoso (Esperanto), paatos (Finnish), pathétique [masculine] (French), πάθος (páthos) [neuter] (Greek), パトス (patosu) (Japanese), patos [masculine] (Polish), pathos [masculine] (Portuguese), páthos [masculine] (Portuguese), patos [masculine] (Portuguese), подъём (podʺjóm) [masculine] (Russian), воодушевле́ние (vooduševlénije) [neuter] (Russian), энтузиа́зм (entuziázm) [masculine] (Russian), па́фос (páfos) [masculine] (Russian), pathos (Spanish)
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  2. (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals): patos [common-gender] (Danish), tunteisiin vetoaminen (Finnish), paatos (Finnish), πάθος (páthos) [neuter] (Greek), па́фос (páfos) [masculine] (Russian), patos [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pathos-en-noun-ZMALOSCt Disambiguation of "a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals": 8 51 26 10 5
  3. (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-pathos-en-noun-1fOZS15o Topics: literature, media, publishing
  4. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy, Theology
    Sense id: en-pathos-en-noun-zQxrzeRe Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences, theology
  5. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pathos-en-noun-Sd8QsN4j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: antipathy, apathy, empathy, pathetic, pathic, pathology, pathogen, psychopathy, sympathy

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      "sense": "the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions",
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      "sense": "the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions",
      "word": "パトス"
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      "word": "pathos"
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      "word": "páthos"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions",
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      "word": "patos"
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      "sense": "the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions",
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