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I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in 'Highway.'
Randeep Hooda

Meaning of "pathos" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PATHOS

From Greek: suffering; related to penthos sorrow.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PATHOS

pathos  [ˈpeɪθɒs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PATHOS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pathos is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PATHOS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pathos

Pathos represents an appeal to the audience's emotions. Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric, and in literature, film and other narrative art. Emotional appeal can be accomplished in a multitude of ways: ▪ by a metaphor or story telling, common as a hook, ▪ by passion in the delivery of the speech or writing, as determined by the audience.

Definition of pathos in the English dictionary

The definition of pathos in the dictionary is the quality or power, esp in literature or speech, of arousing feelings of pity, sorrow, etc. Other definition of pathos is a feeling of sympathy or pity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PATHOS


acolouthos
ˌækəˈluːθɒs
Athos
ˈæθɒs
bathos
ˈbeɪθɒs
benthos
ˈbɛnθɒs
ethos
ˈiːθɒs
lekythos
ˈliːkɪˌθɒs
mythos
ˈmaɪθɒs
phytobenthos
ˌfaɪtəʊˈbɛnθɒs
pithos
ˈpɪθɒs
Zakynthos
zəˈkuːnθɒs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PATHOS

pathogenetic
pathogenic
pathogenicity
pathogenous
pathogeny
pathognomonic
pathognomonically
pathognomy
pathography
pathologic
pathological
pathologically
pathologies
pathologise
pathologist
pathologize
pathology
pathophobia
pathophysiology
pathway

WORDS THAT END LIKE PATHOS

akolouthos
akoluthos
alloiostrophos
dolichos
kolkhos
leptophos
Matosinhos
Matozinhos
mesobenthos
Mount Athos
Niarchos
Paphos
promachos
Sheva Brochos
skyphos
stichos

Synonyms and antonyms of pathos in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PATHOS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pathos» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pathos

Translation of «pathos» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PATHOS

Find out the translation of pathos to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pathos from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pathos» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 令人感伤的特质
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patetismo
570 millions of speakers

English

pathos
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

करुणा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رثاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пафос
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

patos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্দীপনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pathétique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesakitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pathos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悲劇的要素
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페이소스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyedhaki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nói cảm động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரக்கக் குணத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acıma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pathos
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

patos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пафос
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

patos
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

πάθος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

patos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

patos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pathos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pathos

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PATHOS»

The term «pathos» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of pathos
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PATHOS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pathos» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pathos» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pathos

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10 QUOTES WITH «PATHOS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pathos.
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Ryan Adams
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time.
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Lydia M. Child
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
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Hector Elizondo
I'm attracted to pathos, because life is mostly pathos. I've had a lot of it in my life.
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Michel Faber
Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.
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Jeff Garlin
When you see a bad romantic comedy, you see the script, the director, and the actors trying to create this warmth and this pathos and this feeling that you care about them. That cannot be manufactured - it's either there or it isn't.
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Gunter Grass
I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.
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Chris Hayes
Successful prime-time television of any genre produces some kind of emotional reaction in the viewers. There are a lot of different emotions to tap into. The emotion of the reward of discovery, the feeling of righteous anger, the feelings of pathos and sadness, or sentimentality of being moved by something.
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Randeep Hooda
I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in 'Highway.'
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Nigel Kennedy
You can't learn pathos or profundity.
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Soren Kierkegaard
The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PATHOS»

Discover the use of pathos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pathos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tragic Pathos: Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy
This book reassesses expressions of the emotions within different tragedies and explores emotional responses to and discussions of the tragedies by contemporary philosophers, providing insights into the ethical and social implications of ...
Dana LaCourse Munteanu, 2011
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Pathos Vol. 1:
A young man is strangely drawn to two older vampires.
Mika Sadahiro, 2008
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The Pathos of the Real: On the Aesthetics of Violence in the ...
This book is about the ambition, in a set of paradigmatic writers of the twentieth century, to simultaneously enlist and break the spell of the real—their fascination with the spectacle of violence and suffering—and the difficulties ...
Robert Buch, 2010
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Eros and Pathos: Shades of Love and Suffering
Why do we fear love?
Aldo Carotenuto, 1989
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From Yugoslav Praxis to Global Pathos: Anti-hegemonic ...
This book comprises a selection of William McBride's essays on theory and practice in the former Yugoslavia, 1989 - 1999.
William L. McBride, 2001
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Spirit, Pathos and Liberation: Toward an Hispanic ...
He talks of four critical issues in Hispanic theology (religious experience, suffering, the work of the Holy Spirit and the importance of language and culture) and other issues including acculturation and assimilation.
Samuel Solivan, 1998
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Pathos Rising
Readers will be glad to know that another book from Walter Roers, author of The Pact, a novel of boys, friendship and tragedy set in 1948 Minneapolis, has finally arrived.
Walter Roers, 2013
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Disparate Pathos
With tooth and nail, Meg Tuite scrapes not under the skin, but under the bone to find the marrow of purpose in the lives of her characters. Her unique voice and style redefine what it means to be a woman, and to be a writer.
Meg Tuite, 2012
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Paintings Poems and Pathos
This work is a collection of painting produced for two exhibitions of Loeb's paintings produced in 2004.
D. Julius Loeb, 2009
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Pathos Vol. 2:
A young man is strangely drawn to two older vampires.
Mika Sadahiro, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PATHOS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pathos is used in the context of the following news items.
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Essential Arts and Culture: A passport, a pipeline, bronzes and 'Bent'
A statue of Alexander the Great is among the prized pieces in “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World” at the Getty Center ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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Black Lives Matter
Janeli Alladin's riveting portrayal of Pharus is a tour de force filled with youthful ambition, genuine pathos, and undying optimism. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Maggie review – Arnie's back to save his zombie daughter
... that are the latter-day version of 19th-century tubercular romance, and it hits notes of pathos more often than it achieves genuine poignancy. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Why you should cross the Channel for edgy garden shows
For me, the most appealing exhibits come with a story that imbues the design with poetry, pathos or irony. “Le Collectionneur de l'Ombre” is the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Young at heart Sinatra-fied Shakespeare hits home in Hoboken
Luckily, Nicole Kang's Hermia and Koryna Gesait's Helena have the chops to show their characters' pain and pathos while still drawing laughs. «The Hudson Reporter, Jul 15»
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Britten's “Albert Herring” gets a worthy, enjoyable staging at Miami …
Matthew Maness's brightly pliant character tenor captured Albert's pathos as well as his comic side. Looking silly in his jacket and May King ... «South Florida Classical Review, Jul 15»
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Top 10 Adam Sandler Movies
Despite the silliness of the subject, there's a lot of pathos. This is easily Sandler's best animated performances to date, so hopefully we'll see ... «IGN, Jul 15»
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Showtime cancels 'Happyish' after one season
It's got real emotion to it and real sort of pathos. But it's been frustrating that I haven't launched more comedies, and it's been an area of focus. «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
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Scarred, decorated Vietnam veteran to speak Sunday at Killeen …
As he shares his story with pathos and humor, listeners laugh as they cry, and find hope to overcome their own tragedies. In a ceremony on ... «The Killeen Daily Herald, Jul 15»
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'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' (PS4) review: Supply and demand
A mid-game tavern song by Priscilla is a moment of overachieving pathos, stunning in its ability to stop everything and coax a tear. Later, the ... «Auburn Citizen, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pathos [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pathos>. May 2024 ».
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