Prosopopoeia Definition

prōsōpōpēə
noun
A figure in which an absent, dead, or imaginary person is represented as speaking.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World

(rhetoric) Personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience.

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Noun

Singular:
prosopopoeia
Plural:
prosopopoeiae, prosopopoeias

Origin of Prosopopoeia

  • From Ancient Greek προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiia, “dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters").

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