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Webster 1913 Edition


Pathos

Pa′thos

(pā′thŏs)
,
Noun.
[L., from Gr.
πάθοσ
a suffering, passion, fr.
παθεῖν
,
πάσχεῖν
, to suffer; cf.
πόνοσ
toil, L.
pati
to suffer, E.
patient
.]
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
.
The combination of incident, and the
pathos
of catastrophe.
T. Warton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pathos

PA'THOS

,
Noun.
[Gr. to suffer.] Passion; warmth or vehemence, in a speaker; or in language, that which excites emotions and passions.

Definition 2024


Pathos

Pathos

See also: pathos and páthos

German

Noun

Pathos n (genitive Pathos, no plural)

  1. pathos

pathos

pathos

See also: Pathos and páthos

English

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.
    • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd, 1874:
      His voice had a genuine pathos now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled.
  2. (rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.
  3. (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
  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.
  5. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.

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External links

  • pathos in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • pathos in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • pathos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Noun

pathos m (plural pathos)

  1. pathos (the quality of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions)