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单词 pathos
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pathosn.

Brit. /ˈpeɪθɒs/, U.S. /ˈpeɪˌθɔs/, /ˈpeɪˌθɑs/
Inflections: Plural pathoses, unchanged.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πάθος.
Etymology: < ancient Greek πάθος suffering, feeling, emotion, passion, emotional style or treatment < παθ-, stem of πάσχειν to suffer, of unknown origin. Compare post-classical Latin pathos (4th cent. in rhetoric; in classical Latin authors as a Greek word in rhetorical and philosophical context).
1. An expression or utterance that evokes sadness or sympathy, esp. in a work of literature; a description, passage, or scene of this nature. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [noun] > expression or sentiment
pathos1579
pathetics1702
the mind > language > speech > [noun] > that which is or can be spoken > in particular style or evoking particular emotion
sugarc1374
pathos1579
satire1606
consolatory1654
sillyism1709
unction1815
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 189 Gloss. And with) A very Poeticall παθός [1591 pathos].
a1644 T. Westfield Englands Face (1646) 127 ‘Lord..If thou wilt pardon this people!’ It was a vehement pathos.
1759 A. Gerard Ess. on Taste i. iii. 40 In composition, the most refined reflections, the most elaborate descriptions, the warmest pathos displease.
1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 159 The founts of the pure-running rivers moan low In the pathos of woe.
1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 28 July in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 346 Little pathoses..are abundant enough.
1955 J. Miles in B. H. Lehman et al. Image of Work 81 The homely pathoses of Goldsmith and Cowper.
2. A quality which evokes pity, sadness, or tenderness; the power of exciting pity; affecting character or influence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [noun]
patheticalnessa1607
movingness1661
pathos1668
stress1737
touchingnessa1750
patheticness1874
the mind > emotion > compassion > quality of exciting pity > [noun]
piteousnessa1586
meltingness1622
pathos1668
pitiableness1694
touchingnessa1750
pitiability1865
pitifulness1897
1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 49 There is a certain gayety in their Comedies, and Pathos in their more serious Playes.
1745 E. Young Consolation 81 There dwells a noble Pathos in the Skies, Which warms our Passions.
1795 W. Seward Anecd. Distinguished Persons II. 145 In a style of the highest pathos, a style totally dissimilar from his usual manner.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. xi. 263 He descanted on the woes of the land with a pathos which drew tears from every eye.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 399 The tale of Protestant sufferings was told with a wonderful pathos..by John Foxe.
1987 USA Today 21 Oct. 6/7 The pride and pathos of that farewell are something I think none who saw it will ever forget.
2000 P. Beatty Tuff ix. 129 The first canto..would be read with dramatic caesuras inserted..between poignant images, for maximum pathos.
3. Physical or mental suffering; sorrow. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun]
sorec888
teeneOE
sorrowOE
workOE
wrakeOE
careOE
gramec1000
harmOE
howc1000
trayOE
woweOE
angec1175
derfnessc1175
sytec1175
unwinc1175
wosithc1200
ail?c1225
barrat?c1225
derf?c1225
grief?c1225
misease?c1225
misliking?c1225
ofthinkingc1225
passion?c1225
troublec1230
pinec1275
distress1297
grievancea1300
penancea1300
cumbermentc1300
languorc1300
cumbering1303
were1303
angera1325
strifea1325
sweama1325
woea1325
painc1330
tribulationc1330
illa1340
threst1340
constraintc1374
troublenessc1380
afflictiona1382
bruisinga1382
miseasetya1382
pressurec1384
exercisec1386
miscomfortc1390
mislikea1400
smarta1400
thronga1400
balec1400
painfulnessc1400
troublancec1400
smartness?c1425
painliness1435
perplexity?a1439
penalty?1462
calamity1490
penality1496
cumber?a1513
sussy1513
tribule1513
afflict?1529
vexation of spirit1535
troublesomeness1561
hoe1567
grievedness1571
tribulance1575
languishment1576
thrall1578
tine1590
languorment1593
aggrievedness1594
obturbation1623
afflictedness1646
erumny1657
pathos1684
shock1705
dree1791
vex1815
wrungnessa1875
dukkha1886
thinkache1892
sufferation1976
1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 223 Pathos, vid. Pathema. [Pathema is all preternatural Conturbation wherewith our Body is molested].
1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 12 With voice stifled in tremulous sobs Subdued by its own pathos.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Love & Duty in Poems (new ed.) II. 87 Shall sharpest pathos blight us, knowing all Life needs for life is possible to will.
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Pathos, affection, disease.
4. The quality of the transient or emotional, as opposed to the permanent or ideal (contrasted with ethos); emotion, passion. Chiefly with reference to ancient Greek rhetoric and art.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > work of art > qualities generally
decoruma1568
humoura1568
variety1597
strength1608
uniformity1625
barbarity1644
freedom1645
boldness1677
correctness1684
clinquant1711
unity1712
contrast1713
meretriciousness1727
airiness1734
pathos1739
chastity1760
vigour1774
prettyism1789
mannerism1803
serio-comic1805
actuality1812
largeness1824
local colour1829
subjectivitya1834
idealism1841
pastoralism1842
inartisticalitya1849
academicism1852
realism1856
colour contrast1858
crampedness1858
niggling1858
audacity1859
superreality1859
literalism1860
pseudo-classicism1861
sensationalism1862
sensationism1862
chocolate box1865
pseudo-classicality1867
academism1871
actualism1872
academicalism1874
ethos1875
terribilità1877
local colouring1881
neoclassicism1893
mass effect1902
attack1905
verismo1908
kitsch1921
abstraction1923
self-consciousness1932
surreality1936
tension1941
build-up1942
sprezzatura1957
1739 H. Baker & J. Miller Learned Ladies iii. v. 93 We see everywhere the Ethos and Pathos with you.
1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. vii. 207 The difference is a-kin to that..which the rhetoricians observe between pathos and ethos, passion and disposition.
1881 Q. Rev. Oct. 542 The real is preferred to the ideal, transient emotion to permanent lineaments, pathos to ethos.
1918 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 22 144 The ‘pathos’ as well as the ‘ēthos’ shown by the reliefs is..characteristic of the transitional period.
1988 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 4 Mar. b4 The appeal to reason..is in danger of being lost in the electronic appeal to emotion (pathos) and to portray the politician's character (ethos) in the most favourable light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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