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English to English noun
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a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) |  | Example: the film captured all the pathos of their situation
source: wordnet30
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a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | | Example: the blind are too often objects of pity
source: wordnet30
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a style that has the power to evoke feelings | | source: wordnet30
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That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry. | | source: webster1913
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The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos. | | source: webster1913
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