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pathos — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

pathos 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.
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