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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 cryThe combination of incident, and the
pathos
of catastrophe. T. Warton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pathos
PA'THOS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Pathos
pathos
pathos
English
Noun
pathos (countable and uncountable, plural pathoses)
- 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.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd, 1874:
- (rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as 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.
- Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:pathos.
Related terms
Translations
the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions
a writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals
External links
- pathos in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pathos in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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pathos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia