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pathopoeia

pathopoeia noun: the arousing of emotion in someone who hears music; a passage designed to arouse emotions.

Noun

pathopoeia (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Forms of pathopoeia

alternative formpathopœia

Origin of pathopoeia

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

Words formed from pathopoeia

Questions about pathopoeia

What does pathopoeia mean?
Pathopoeia means the arousing of emotion in someone who hears music; a passage designed to arouse emotions.
What part of speech is pathopoeia?
Pathopoeia is a noun.

Words near pathopoeia in the dictionary

  1. pathophysiologists
  2. pathophysiology
  3. pathoplastic
  4. pathoplastically
  5. pathoplasticity
  6. pathopoeia
  7. pathopoeic
  8. pathopoiesia
  9. pathopoiesis
  10. pathopoietic
  11. pathopreventive

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