pathos

n.

1. A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.
2. The feeling, as of sympathy or pity, so aroused.

[Greek, suffering.]

n

Definition: deep sadness
Antonyms: cheer, glee, happiness, joy

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pathos [pay‐thoss], the emotionally moving quality or power of a literary work or of particular passages within it, appealing especially to our feelings of sorrow, pity, and compassionate sympathy.

Adjective: pathetic.

An element in artistic expression evoking pity, sorrow or compassion.

IN BRIEF: Emotion of compassionate pity. Also: the quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or compassion.

A good leader has intellect and pathos.

Tutor's tip: All the "pathos" (quality that moves one to sorrow or pity) he could muster raised only "bathos" (false or pretentious sympathy) in the audience.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - det, der påkalder følelser eller medfølelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
pathos, aandoenlijkheid

Français (French)
n. - pathos, pathétique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pathos

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πάθος, συγκίνηση

Italiano (Italian)
pathos

Português (Portuguese)
n. - patos (m), patético (m)

Русский (Russian)
пафос

Español (Spanish)
n. - patetismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - känslofullhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
悲怆, 同情, 怜悯, 痛苦

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 悲愴, 同情, 憐憫, 痛苦

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 애절감, 정념

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 悲哀, 哀感, ペーソス

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مؤثريه, شيء محرك للعواطف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רגש, התלהבות, פתוס‬

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