PATHOS


Meaning of PATHOS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpā-ˌthäs, -ˌthȯs, -ˌthōs also ]

ˈpa- noun

Etymology: Greek, suffering, experience, emotion, from paschein (aorist pathein ) to experience, suffer; perhaps akin to Lithuanian kęsti to suffer

Date: 1591

1. : an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion

2. : an emotion of sympathetic pity

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