patheticism
patheticism noun: pathetic behavior.
Noun
patheticism (usually uncountable, plural patheticisms)
- Pathetic behavior.
- And can there be a properer Æra for the Revival of Genius and Public Spirit than that of the Ad———n of the Great Man who has been recommended by the One to his diſtreſſed and aged K—g, (ſo familiarly ventures to ſpeak the Patheticiſm of Loyalty) and endeared to his exulting Fellow-Subjects by the...1758, An Addreſs to the Great Man, pages 46–47
- A quaint patheticism attends the diminution of obdurate winters with old people, whose excitements half a century ago were less recurrent and longer-lived than with a younger generation.1880, Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh, editors, The Sunday Magazine, volume 9, Strahan & Co, page 100
Forms of patheticism
| plural | patheticisms |
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Origin of patheticism
From pathetic + -ism. First attested in 1758.
Questions about patheticism
- What does patheticism mean?
- Patheticism means pathetic behavior.
- What part of speech is patheticism?
- Patheticism is a noun.
- What is the plural of patheticism?
- The plural of patheticism is patheticisms.
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