Prosopopoeia Definition
prōsōpōpēə
noun
A figure in which an absent, dead, or imaginary person is represented as speaking.
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(rhetoric) Personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience.
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Personification of an abstraction.
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Noun
Singular:
prosopopoeia
Plural:
prosopopoeiae, prosopopoeiasOrigin of Prosopopoeia
From Ancient Greek προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiia, “dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters").
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