prosopopoeia

pro·so·po·pe·ia also pro·so·po·poe·ia  (pr-sp-p)

n.

1. A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is represented as speaking.

2. See personification.

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[Latin prospopoeia, from Greek prospopoii : prospon, face, mask, dramatic character (pros-, pros- + pon, face from ps, p-, eye; see ok^w- in Indo-European roots) + poiein, to make; see k^wei-² in Indo-European roots.]

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prosopopoeia, prosopopeia [ˌprɒsəpəˈpiːə]

n

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Rhetoric another word for personification

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a figure of speech that represents an imaginary, absent, or dead person speaking or acting

[via Latin from Greek prosōpopoiia dramatization, from prosōpon face + poiein to make]

prosopopoeial , prosopopeial adj

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Noun

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prosopopoeia - representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature personification figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense