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UK
/pˈeɪθɒs/
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[ US /ˈpeɪθɑs/ ]
[ US /ˈpeɪθɑs/ ]
NOUN
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a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
the blind are too often objects of pity - a style that has the power to evoke feelings
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a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
the film captured all the pathos of their situation
How To Use pathos In A Sentence
- It's conceptual art with pathos! Times, Sunday Times
- For some, the inexorable march of years and the pathos of mortality bring an inward, deep resentment. Christianity Today
- Dickens'works are also characterized by a mingling of humor and pathos.
- Not only are they pushing the boundaries of irreverence, which is hilarious, but it is grounded in this humanity, this pain, this pathos, that goes beyond what we think of as comedy. USATODAY.com News
- Beyond this pathos concerning the relation of political and theological liberalism, we encounter another paradox. The Times Literary Supplement
- As a result of this self-willed discipline, I had to often trade off drama for realism, like in "Maalishwalla," where I (initially) had a dramatic cinematographic ending and then changed it to one of actual pathos. Anis Shivani: 'Breathless In Bombay' Author Murzban Shroff Reflects On The Real Mumbai: Exclusive Interview
- In any case, it fully confirms it as concerns one essential point, what I have called the contingent nature of society and the attendant pathos.
- Here at last we have all the drama, tragedy, pathos and humour those courtroom appearances produced.
- He has pathos without sentimentality, humour without guile and infinite sympathy. Times, Sunday Times
- Lesser fly-on-the-wall programmes would have ladled the pathos on with a shovel but there's an unfussy, understated humanity here. TV highlights 29/06/2011: Killer Tigers | Timeshift: Hotel Deluxe | Finding Amelia | The Apprentice | Afghanistan: The Battle For Helmand | 24 Hours in A&E