Pathos

[Sarah]

That quality or property of anything which touches the feelingsor excites emotions and passions, esp., that which awakens tenderemotions, such as pity, sorrow, and the like; contagious warmth offeeling, action, or expression; pathetic quality; as, the pathos of apicture, of a poem, or of a cry.The combination of incident, and the pathos of catastrophe. T.Warton.

[Sarah]

Pathos is the positive force that exists everywhere in the universe, its polar opposite being logos.

[Sarah]

something that evokes [pity], [sorrow], [compassion]

[Becky]

Source of the word [pathetic]. An almost predetermined [likelihood] that events will play out in a certain way. [Resistance is futile] (pathetic)... the stupidity of trying to change things that are obviously going to go in a certain direction.

[Zipporah Schumaker]

A slang term for a pink [disposable] [razor] with [flowers] on it.

[Michiko]

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.