prəˌsōpəˈpēə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin, from Greek prosōpopoiia dramatization, prosopopoeia, from prosōpon person, face + -poiia (from poiein to make + -ia -y) — more at poet
1. : a figure of speech in which an absent person is represented as speaking or a dead person as alive and present
the whole speech, a prosopopoeia spoken as by the poor man — Quarterly Journal of Speech
2. : personification
a prosopopoeia by which virtue becomes a knight in shining armor