Pathos Definition | What is Pathos? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
[n] a style that has the power to evoke feelings
[n] a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
One of the three modes of persuasion in rhetoric (along with ethos and logos). Pathos is appeal based on emotion.
Synonyms
commiseration, pity, poignancy, ruth
See Also...
expressive style, fellow feeling, quality, style, sympathy
Related Terms
bathos, benevolence, bitterness, bleakness, caring, cheerlessness, chord, clemency, comfortlessness, commiseration, compassion, concern, condolence, depression, discomfort, dismalness, distress, distressfulness, dreariness, echo, empathy, favor, feeling,
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