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pathos

Translations

pathosnoun
pathoi
pl
The speech was filled with pathos, moving the audience to tears.
Речь была наполнена пафосом, что довело аудиторию до слез.
Synonyms
emotional appeal
suffering
sadness
pity
compassion
sympathy
tragic quality

Definitions

pathosnoun
A quality that evokes pity, sadness, or sympathy.
The pathos of the movie's ending left the audience in tears.
An emotional appeal used in rhetoric to persuade an audience by eliciting feelings such as pity or sorrow.
The speaker relied heavily on pathos to convince the crowd of the urgency of the cause.
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