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Existentialist vs Pathos - What's the difference?

existentialist | pathos |

As nouns the difference between existentialist and pathos

is that existentialist is a person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism while pathos is 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.

As an adjective existentialist

is of or pertaining to existentialism.

existentialist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who adheres to the philosophy of existentialism.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to existentialism.
  • pathos

    English

    Noun

  • 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.
  • * 1874 , Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd, 1874:
  • His voice had a genuine pathos now, and his large brown hands perceptibly trembled.
  • (rhetoric) A writer or speaker's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions such as pity.
  • (literature) An author's attempt to evoke a feeling of pity or sympathetic sorrow for a character.
  • (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.
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