パトス

noun

pathos

A loanword from Greek, used in Japanese to refer to an emotional appeal or the quality that evokes pity or sadness, often in literary, rhetorical, or artistic contexts.

• 彼かれの演えん説ぜつには強つよいパトスが感かんじられた。

  His speech was filled with strong pathos.

• この映えい画がのパトスに観かん客きゃくは涙なみだした。

  The audience was moved to tears by the pathos of this film.