pathos
pronunciation
How to pronounce pathos in British English:
UK [ˈpeɪθɒs]
How to pronounce pathos in American English:
US [ˈpeɪθɑs]
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- Noun:
- a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
- a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
- a style that has the power to evoke feelings
Word Origin
- pathos
- pathos: see sympathy
- pathos (n.)
- "quality that arouses pity or sorrow," 1660s, from Greek pathos "suffering, feeling, emotion, calamity," literally "what befalls one," related to paskhein "to suffer," and penthos "grief, sorrow;" from PIE root *kwent(h)- "to suffer, endure" (cognates: Old Irish cessaim "I suffer," Lithuanian kenčiu "to suffer," pakanta "patience").
Example
- 1. They have eyes full of sadness , loneliness and pathos .
- 2. Drama , pathos , life unfolding .
- 3. Dude , where is the pathos ?
- 4. What unutterable pathos was in his voice !
- 5. But film is a human medium and its roots ( pathos , empathy , joy , anger , fear ) are universal elements .