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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
pathos
‘peɪθɒs
■ noun a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

C17: from Gk pathos ‘suffering’.
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus
pathos
▶ noun POIGNANCY, tragedy, sadness, pitifulness, piteousness, pitiableness.
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EngMac
pathos
патос
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English-Serbian dictionary
Pathos
Patos
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Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary
pa·thos
Pronunciation: ‘pā-ˌthäs, -ˌthȯs, -ˌthōs also ‘pa-
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek, suffering, experience, emotion, from paschein (aor. pathein) to experience, suffer; perhaps akin to Lithuanian kęsti to suffer
Date: 1591

1 : an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
2 : an emotion of sympathetic pity