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Webster 1913 Edition

Pathopoeia

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Pathˊo-poe′ia

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Noun.

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pl.

-ias

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[NL., from Gr.

παθοποιῒα

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πάθοσ

passion +

ποιεῖν

to make.]

(Rhet.)

A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion.

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Definition 2024

pathopoeia

pathopoeia

See also: pathopœia

English

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/her own feelings.

Hyponyms

(rhetoric): exuscitatio