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prosopopoeia

Syllabification: (pro·so·po·poe·ia)
Pronunciation: /prəˌsōpəˈpēə, ˌpräsə-/
Definition of prosopopoeia

noun

  • 1a figure of speech in which an abstract thing is personified.
  • 2a figure of speech in which an imagined or absent person or thing is represented as speaking.

Origin:

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

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