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▸ noun: (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses emotional appeals to the audience as the main form of persuasion.
▸ noun: (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
▸ noun: (theology, philosophy) 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.
▸ noun: Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.
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poignancy,
commiseration,
pity,
ruth,
pathetics,
patheticism,
pathopoeia,
pathopœia,
piteousness,
poeticalness,
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