— prosopopoeial , adj.
/proh soh'peuh pee"euh/ , n. Rhet.
1. personification, as of inanimate things.
2. a figure of speech in which an imaginary, absent, or deceased person is represented as speaking or acting.
Also, prosopopeia .
[ 1555-65; prosopopoeia prosopopoiía personification, equiv. to prósopo ( n ) face, PERSON + poi ( eîn ) to make + -ia -IA ]