English Dictionary

pathos

/ˈpeɪˌθɒs/

noun

The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.

The movie was filled with pathos, making the audience cry.

意味（1）

The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.

His voice had a genuine pathos now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled.

意味（2）

(rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.

It was impossible to endure the jargon and the affected pathos of the squire any longer.

意味（3）

(literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.

意味（4）

(theology, philosophy) In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.

意味（5）

Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.