PATHOS
Dictionary entry overview: What does pathos mean?
• PATHOS (noun)
The noun PATHOS has 3 senses:
1. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
2. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
3. a style that has the power to evoke feelings
Familiarity information: PATHOS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PATHOS (noun)
Meaning:
A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
pathos; poignancy
Context example:
the film captured all the pathos of their situation
Hypernyms ("pathos" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Meaning:
A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
commiseration; pity; pathos; ruth
Context example:
the blind are too often objects of pity
Hypernyms ("pathos" is a kind of...):
fellow feeling; sympathy (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))
Meaning:
A style that has the power to evoke feelings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pathos" is a kind of...):
expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)
