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pa·thos

, -thôs

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NOUN:

A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.
The feeling, as of sympathy or pity, so aroused.

ETYMOLOGY:
Greek, suffering; see k^went(h)- in Indo-European roots

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