pathopoeia

Meaning

Noun

• The arousing of emotion in someone who hears music; a passage designed to arouse emotions
• Speech that moves hearers emotionally, especially as the speaker attempts to elicit an emotional response by way of demonstrating his/her own feelings.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• exuscitatio

Origin

• From Ancient Greek παθοποιία; πάθος + ποιέω.