State of Pity
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A State of Pity is a state of sorrow that is evoked by the suffering of others.
- See: Self-Pity, Sympathy, Sorrow (Emotion), Suffering, Compassion, Condolence, Empathy, Pietas, Piety.
References
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pity Retrieved:2020-6-1.
- Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others, and is used in a comparable sense to compassion, condolence or empathy - the word deriving from the Latin pietās (etymon also of piety). Self-pity is pity directed towards oneself.
Two different kinds of pity can be distinguished, "benevolent pity" and "contemptuous pity" (see Kimball), where, through insincere, pejorative usage, pity is used to connote feelings of superiority, condescension, or contempt.[1]
- Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others, and is used in a comparable sense to compassion, condolence or empathy - the word deriving from the Latin pietās (etymon also of piety). Self-pity is pity directed towards oneself.