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pathos (s) (noun), pathoses (pl)
A quality that arouses feelings of grief, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow: Pathos and compassion have in common the idea of tender emotion that is caused by suffering or distress.

Pathos is a quality, as in literature and art, that arouses feelings of despondency or hopelessness.

Something or someone who arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, or compassion.
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This entry is located in the following unit: path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy (page 21)
pathosis (s) (noun), pathoses (pl)
An outdated term for any kind of diseased condition: Judy found out that pathosis referred to an infected condition, to one of many kinds of diseases, or diseased entity.
This entry is located in the following units: -osis, -sis, -sia, -sy, -se (page 18) path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy (page 21)
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pathos, pathoses
Certain things that are experienced or seen which create feelings of sorrow or sympathy and compassion. (1)
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