51吃瓜 of the Day
pathos
noun
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion.
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The English noun pathos comes directly from Greek 辫谩迟丑辞蝉 鈥渟uffering, sensation, experience,鈥� related to the verb p谩schein 鈥渢o suffer, be affected, feel.鈥� Both the noun and the verb come from the Greek root penth-, ponth, path-. The root path- also forms the noun 辫谩迟丑别颈补 鈥渟uffering, feeling鈥� and is the second element of a辫谩迟丑别颈补, em辫谩迟丑别颈补, and sym辫谩迟丑别颈补, source of English apathy, empathy, and sympathy. From the root penth- Greek forms the word 苍脓辫别苍迟丑岣梥 鈥渂anishing suffering,鈥� (literally 鈥渦nsuffering鈥�), source of the English noun nepenthe, the name of a drug or plant that brings forgetfulness of pain and suffering. Pathos entered English in the 16th century.
how is pathos used?
Like all other music, it breathed passion and pathos, and emotions high or tender, in a tongue native to the human heart, wherever educated.
Burnham says his overall aim was to use a middle school student to tell a story rooted in the same pathos that drives any good movie about a person’s deepest battles.
forbearance
noun
forbearing conduct or quality; patient endurance; self-control.
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Forbearance was originally a legal term 鈥渋ntentional delay in collection of a debt or enforcement of a contract, the expectation being that the other party will pay the debt or fulfill the contract.鈥� The word very quickly acquired the meaning 鈥減atience, restraint.鈥� Forbearance is a derivative of the verb forbear, which descends from the Old English verb forberan 鈥渢o endure, bear, submit to; abstain from, miss, neglect.鈥� The root verb beran 鈥渢o bear, carry鈥� comes from the same very common Proto-Indo-European root bher- 鈥渃arry, bear鈥� as Latin ferre, Greek 辫丑茅谤别颈苍, Slavic (Polish) 产颈别谤补膰, all meaning 鈥渢o carry.鈥� The prefix for- is a Germanic development of the very complicated Proto-Indo-European prefix per, whose basic meaning is 鈥渢hrough, forward, in front of,” as in Latin per 鈥渢hrough鈥� and Greek 辫别谤铆 鈥渁谤辞耻苍诲.鈥� Forbearance entered English in the 16th century.
how is forbearance used?
I had no right to be so angry with you. There should be no limit to a mother’s forbearance.
We rarely think about forbearance in politics, and yet democracy cannot work without it. Consider what American presidents could legally do under the Constitution. They could pardon anyone they want, whenever they want, undercutting congressional and judicial oversight.
andragogy
noun
the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
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English andragogy is modeled upon pedagogy, which ultimately comes from Greek 辫补颈诲补驳艒驳铆补 鈥渢he function of a 辫补颈诲补驳艒驳贸蝉,鈥� by extension 鈥渆ducation.鈥� A 辫补颈诲补驳艒驳贸蝉, literally 鈥渃hild guide,鈥� was a slave who walked a child to and from school. 笔补颈诲补驳艒驳贸蝉 is a compound formed from paid-, inflectional stem of 辫补卯蝉 鈥漜hild,鈥� and 补驳艒驳贸蝉 鈥済uide,鈥� a derivative of the verb 谩驳别颈苍 鈥渢o lead, take away, carry.鈥� The combining form andr- of andragogy is one of the stems of the Greek noun 补苍岣梤 (aner-, andr-) 鈥渕an鈥� (as opposed to a woman or child). Greek 补苍岣梤 comes from Proto-Indo-European ner-, 菨苍别谤-, source of Sanskrit 苍谩谤 鈥渕an, human,鈥� and the Latin proper name 狈别谤艒. According to Roman grammarians, nero among the Sabines, a rural people that lived northeast of Rome, meant fortis ac strenuus 鈥渂rave and energetic.鈥� In Celtic (Welsh) Proto-Indo-European ner- becomes ner 鈥渉别谤辞.鈥� Andragogy entered English in the 20th century.
how is andragogy used?
… in the technology of andragogy there is decreasing emphasis on the transmittal techniques of traditional teaching and increasing emphasis on experimental techniques which tap the experience of the learners and involve them in analyzing their experience.
We focus on adults and so prefer to use the term 鈥�andragogy.鈥� We’ve found that adults have their own specific challenges in the learning journey, and we’ve specifically set up to address them.