How to pronounce“pathos”in English
IPA/ˈpeɪˌθɑs/
Syllablespa·thos
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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.
“His voice had a genuine pathos now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled.”
Synonyms:patheticness
noun
A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion.
“It was impossible to endure the jargon and the affected pathos of the squire any longer.”