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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pathos /ˈpeɪθɒs/

▶noun a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

– origin C17: from Gk pathos ‘suffering’.

'pathos' also found in these Oxford entries:

amphipathic - empathy - pathetic - patho- - pathognomonic - sympathy

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