prosopopoeia noun. [prɒsǝpǝ'pi:ǝ] M16.
[Latin from Greek prosōpopoiia representation in human form, formed as PROSOPON + poiein make.]
1. Rhetoric.
a. A figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting; the introduction of a pretended speaker. M16.
b. A figure of speech in which an inanimate or abstract thing is personified or given human characteristics. L16.

2. transf. A person or thing as the embodiment of a quality. E19.

■ prosopopoeic adjective L19.

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