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pa·thos
\ˈpāˌthäs also -thȯs or -thōs sometimes ˈpaˌ- or -_thəs\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Greek, experience, emotion, passion, suffering, from path-, stem of paschein to experience, suffer; akin to Old Irish cēssaim, cēssim I suffer, Greek penthos grief, sorrow, Latvian cìest to endure, suffer
1.
a. : an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
< pathos she has, the nearest to tragedy the comedian can come — W.B.Yeats >
b. : an emotion of sympathetic pity
< felt a stab of pathos — Rex Ingamells >
2. : the transient or accidental factor in an event or experience as distinguished from that based on personal character — compare ethos 2 a (2) |