01 n. That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions,…
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That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.“The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe.” — T. Warton.
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The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos.
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Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.