pathopoeia
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek παθοποιία (pathopoiía); πάθος (páthos, “passion”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “make”).
1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, 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.
- Derived terms
- pathopoeic
- Hyponyms
- exuscitatio