Definition of Pathos. Meaning of Pathos. Synonyms of Pathos

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Definition of Pathos

Pathos
Pathos Pa"thos, n. 1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos. 2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
Pathos
Pathos Pa"thos, n. [L., from Gr. pa`qos a suffering, passion, fr. ?, ?, to suffer; cf. ? 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.

Meaning of Pathos from wikipedia

- Pathos (/ˈpeɪθɒs/, US: /ˈpeɪθoʊs/; pl. pathea or pathê; Ancient Gr****: πάθος, romanized: páthos, lit. 'suffering or experience') appeals to the emotions...
- Corporate pathos is public relations jargon for the employment of emotional engagement techniques to help alter adverse public attitudes to a corporation...
- that a matter is unjust. Pathos can be particularly powerful if used well, but most speeches do not solely rely on pathos. Pathos is most effective when...
- Rakujitsu no Pathos (****anese: 落日のパトス, Hepburn: Rakujitsu no Patosu, "Pathos of the Setting Sun") is a ****anese manga series written and illustrated by...
- Pathos is a ****anese manga written and illustrated by Mika Sadahiro. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the first...
- Pathos is a 2009 Italian short science-fiction horror film. It was created by the independent Illusion Video Production company. One of the founders of...
- takes place in 2104 and is set in an underwater research facility known as PATHOS-II, a once-sophisticated research outpost located in the North Atlantic...
- The P****ion (from Latin patior, "to suffer, bear, endure") is the short final period before the death of Jesus, described in the four canonical gospels...
- Pathosformel or "pathos formula" (German plural: Pathosformeln) is a term coined by the German art historian and cultural theorist Aby Warburg (1866–1929)...
- "On the Pathos of Truth" (German: Über das Pathos der Wahrheit) is a short essay by Friedrich Nietzsche concerning the motivation of philosophers to s****...