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pathos meaning in Malayalam

ശോകം śōkaṁ

/ˈpeɪˌθɒs/US/ˈpeɪˌθɑs/

pathos in Malayalam: ശോകം (śōkaṁ). In English, pathos means 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.

Malayalam words for pathos

pathos
ശോകം śōkaṁ

English meaning of pathos

  1. 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.
  2. noun A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion.
  3. noun An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
  4. noun In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of "finding your passion" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.

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Questions about pathos in Malayalam

What is the meaning of pathos in Malayalam?
Pathos in Malayalam is ശോകം (śōkaṁ).
pathos എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Pathos: ശോകം (śōkaṁ).
What does pathos mean in English?
Pathos means 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.

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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “pathos”: ശോകം. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pathos (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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