pathopoeia
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek παθοποιία (pathopoiía); πάθος (páthos, “passion”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “make”).
Noun
editpathopoeia (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
edit- (rhetoric): exuscitatio