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Pathos

Greek rhetorical term meaning “passion”
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Pathos

Summary

Pathos is a rhetorical device[1]. Pathos ranks in the top 7% of rhetorical_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,637 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pathos's instance of is recorded as rhetorical device[3].
  • Pathos's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[4].
  • Pathos's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].

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Definition and Type

Pathos's instance of is recorded as rhetorical device[3].

Why It Matters

Pathos ranks in the top 7% of rhetorical_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,637 views/month).[2] Pathos has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] Pathos is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0390404-patos
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0390404-patos, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → rhetorical device
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Instance of → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529531405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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