патос — meaning in English

English meaning

• pathos noun A quality in something that stirs feelings of pity or sadness.

Senses

патос is used for these senses in English:

• pathos 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.

pathos — full definition

1. noun A quality in something that stirs feelings of pity or sadness.
2. noun In rhetoric, an appeal to the audience's emotions to persuade them.