[{"word":"pathos","phonetic":"/ˈpeɪˌθɒs/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈpeɪˌθɒs/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pathos-uk.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83944604","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}},{"text":"/ˈpeɪˌθoʊs/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions and passions, especially that which awakens tender emotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth of feeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"In theology and existentialist ethics following Kierkegaard and Heidegger, a deep and abiding commitment of the heart, as in the notion of \"finding your passion\" as an important aspect of a fully lived, engaged life.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pathos"]}]