Pathetics

//pəˈθɛtɪks// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pathetic language or behaviour. uncountable
  2. 2
    The study of people’s emotions or passions. obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

An alteration of pathetic after -ics.

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