pathos
/ˈpeɪθɒs/noun
उच्चारण पेथॉस
करुण रस, करुणा
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the power of a performance, description to produce feelings of sadness and sympathy
करुण रस, करुणा
- the pathos of the final scene
- The film's pathos made even the hardest critics wipe their eyes.
- The poem is filled with pathos as it describes a mother waiting for her son.
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- The actor's quiet voice added real pathos to the scene.
- Radhika felt the pathos of the old man's story and offered him some tea.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
pa·thos
?Which word?
Keep apart pathos (a quality that produces sadness and pity) and bathos (a sudden change from serious to silly in writing, often unintentional).
Pathos (दुख और करुणा जगाने वाला गुण) और bathos (लेखन में गंभीर से मूर्खतापूर्ण की ओर अचानक बदलाव, प्रायः अनजाने में) को अलग रखिए।
§Grammar and usage
Keep the path- (feeling) words: pathos, sympathy, empathy, apathy (no feeling), antipathy (strong dislike), telepathy.
Path- (भावना) शब्द याद रखिए: pathos, sympathy, empathy, apathy (भावना का अभाव), antipathy (तीव्र नापसंदगी), telepathy।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Literature: in Aristotle's rhetoric, ethos is appeal to character, logos to logic, and pathos to emotion.
साहित्य में Aristotle के वक्तृत्व-शास्त्र में ethos चरित्र की अपील, logos तर्क की, और pathos भावना की अपील है।