pathopoeia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παθοποιία (pathopoiía); πάθος (páthos, “passion”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “make”).

Noun

pathopoeia (uncountable)

  1. (music) The arousing of emotion in someone who hears music; a passage designed to arouse emotions.
  2. (rhetoric) Speech that moves hearers emotionally, especially as the speaker attempts to elicit an emotional response by way of demonstrating his or her own feelings.

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