| Pathos (pathos) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pa"thos |
| [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.
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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.
Suffering; the enduring of active stress
or affliction.
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