pathos

[ pey-thos, -thohs, -thaws ]
/ ˈpeɪ θɒs, -θoʊs, -θɔs /

noun

the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
pity.
Obsolete. suffering.

Origin of pathos

1570–80; < Greek páthos suffering, sensation, akin to páschein to suffer

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pathos

bathos pathos

Words nearby pathos

pathologize, pathology, pathomimesis, pathomorphism, pathophysiology, pathos, pathosis, pathway, patiala, patience, patient

Definition for pathoses (2 of 2)

pathosis
[ puh-thoh-sis ]
/ pəˈθoʊ sɪs /

noun

a diseased condition.

Origin of pathosis

From New Latin; see origin at path-, -osis

Words related to pathoses

emotion, passion, poignancy, desolation, feeling, sentiment

British Dictionary definitions for pathoses

pathos
/ (ˈpeɪθɒs) /

noun

the quality or power, esp in literature or speech, of arousing feelings of pity, sorrow, etc
a feeling of sympathy or pity a stab of pathos

Word Origin for pathos

C17: from Greek: suffering; related to penthos sorrow

Medical definitions for pathoses

pathosis
[ pă-thō′sĭs ]

n. pl. path•o•ses (-sēz′)

A state of disease.
A diseased condition.
A disease entity.