Pathos
Pathos (pā"thos) , noun
[Latin, from Greek pa`qos a suffering, passion, from paqei^n, pa`schei^n, to suffer; compare po`nos toil, Latin pati to suffer, English patient.]
That quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of a picture, of a poem, or of a cry.
The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe.
1.
The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos.
2.
Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.