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pathos The pathos of the blind child beggars she had seen in India could still keep her awake at night. ˈpeɪθɑs

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(1) An element in life or drama that produces sympathetic pity. (2) An emotion of sympathetic pity. Pathos comes directly from Greek. According to Aristotle, the persuasive power of public speaking relies on three elements: the speaker's authority, the logic of the speech, and the speech's pathos. Aristotle claims that pathos is the appeal to the audience's sense of right and wrong, and that it is this (unlike authority and logic) that moves the audience's emotions. Today we usually speak of pathos as an element in fiction, film, drama, music, or even painting, or the real-life pathos of a situation or personality. Since pathos is closely related to pathetic, it's not surprising that, like pathetic, pathos may occasionally be used a bit sarcastically

word	pathos
definition	(1) An element in life or drama that produces sympathetic pity. (2) An emotion of sympathetic pity.
eg_sentence	The pathos of the blind child beggars she had seen in India could still keep her awake at night.
explanation	Pathos comes directly from Greek. According to Aristotle, the persuasive power of public speaking relies on three elements: the speaker's authority, the logic of the speech, and the speech's pathos. Aristotle claims that pathos is the appeal to the audience's sense of right and wrong, and that it is this (unlike authority and logic) that moves the audience's emotions. Today we usually speak of pathos as an element in fiction, film, drama, music, or even painting, or the real-life pathos of a situation or personality. Since pathos is closely related to pathetic, it's not surprising that, like pathetic, pathos may occasionally be used a bit sarcastically
IPA	ˈpeɪθɑs

Pathos Element Sympathetic Pity Audience's Pathetic Life Drama