pathoses
pathoses is the plural of pathosis.
pathoses is the plural of pathos.
Meaning of pathosis
Noun
pathosis (plural pathoses)
- A disease; a pathologic condition.
Meaning of pathos
Noun
pathos (countable and uncountable, plural pathoses)
- 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.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd
- Synonyms:
- patheticness
- 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.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250
- An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
- 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.
- Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
Questions about pathoses
- What is pathoses the plural of?
- Pathoses is the plural of pathosis.
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