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pay thos

  • n  a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
    the film captured all the pathos of their situation
  • n  a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
  • n  a style that has the power to evoke feelings

  • Hahnemann called his new method of healing "homeopathy," from the Greek homoios (like) and pathos (suffering).
  • Where is the smoldering sexuality and boy-misses-girl pathos, the mannish lad who gives his soul ballads depth and feeling? Then he begins talking about the music, and you .
  • The pathos is his ability to touch feelings, to move people emotionally.
News & Articles

  • 'Wild With Happy' review: Wacky road trip
    'Wild With Happy' review: Wacky road trip In an odd, and for the most part oddly successful, blend of crisp comedy, pathos and fantasy, "Happy" takes near-inconsolable grief and leads it to a satisfactory fairy-tale ending. Domingo, who honed his skills with a variety of Bay Area companies throughout the '90s, including TheatreWorks and Berkeley Rep, has become a veritable Broadway star ...
    June 10, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
  • It’s a black fly in your chardonnay
    This story isn’t technically ironic, kind of like several of the things in the song. But it has the same pathos of sad coincidence. Josh Benjamin, the librarian at E.G.... Read more »
    June 6, 2013 - Albuquerque Journal
Quotes

  • John Lasseter in Washington Post
    We always believe in what Walt Disney said, for every laughter, there should be a tear. We work really hard to find that emotion and pathos,Lasseter said. "By the end, the characters, we know them so well, they're like friends for us. Like...
  • Vladimir Putin in guardian.co.uk
    Responding for the first time to accusations last week by the US vice-president, Dick Cheney, that Moscow had rolled back democracy, Mr Putin said: "Where is all this pathos about protecting human rights and democracy when it comes to the need to...
  • Marc Cherry in Kentucky.com
    This is a much more well-rounded match for the show,Cherry said. "In the second season we went to the mystery that was just kind of dark and stopped the action. We're using humor, drama, pathos, everything these guys have to offer."

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