pathos

Other forms of pathos

plural

pathoses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pathos

What does pathos mean?

pathos means "a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pathos?

pathos has 2 syllables: pa-thos. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˈpeɪθɑs/.

What is another word for pathos?

Close synonyms include poignancy, commiseration, pity, ruth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pathos a common word?

pathos is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.