pathos
pathos definition
pa·thos (pā′t̸häs′, -t̸hôs′)
noun
- Rare suffering
- the quality in something experienced or observed which arouses feelings of pity, sorrow, sympathy, or compassion
- the feeling aroused
Etymology: Gr pathos, suffering, disease, feeling, akin to pathein, paschein, to suffer, feel < IE base *kwenth-, to suffer, endure > OIr cessaim, I suffer
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