patheticness

English

Etymology

From pathetic +‎ -ness.

Noun

patheticness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being pathetic.
- 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 79:
  I […] don’t believe in God, which isn’t surprising given the patheticness of the male authority figures in my life.

Synonyms

pathos

Translations

state of being pathetic

Afrikaans: patetiek
Czech: trapnost (cs) f, patetičnost (cs) f
Finnish: pateettisuus (fi)

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
“patheticness”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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