pathopoeia
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English
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek παθοποιία (pathopoiía); πάθος (páthos, “passion”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “make”).
Noun
pathopoeia (uncountable)
- (music) The arousing of emotion in someone who hears music; a passage designed to arouse emotions.
- (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.
Hyponyms
- (rhetoric): exuscitatio