PROSOPOPOEIA


Meaning of PROSOPOPOEIA in English

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

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