prosopopoeia

 
Pronunciation: /ˌprɒsəpəˈpiːə/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1a figure of speech in which an abstract thing is personified.
  • 2a figure of speech in which an imagined, absent, or dead person or thing is represented as speaking.

Origin:

mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek prosōpopoiia, from prosōpon 'person' + poiein 'to make'