prosopopoeia
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prosopopoeia
- /pɹəˌsəʊpəˈpiːə/
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiía, “dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters”). By surface analysis, prosopo- + -poeia.
noun prosopopoeias · prosopopoeiae · prosopopeia · prosopopœia
- An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this. Of the prosopopœia or personification, there are two kinds: one when action and character are attributed to fictitious, irrational, or even inanimate objects; the others, when a probable but fictitious speech is assigned to a real character.
- The personification of an abstraction.
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noun Personifying a person or object.
| Español | prosopopeya |
|---|---|
| Português | prosopopéia |
| Français | prosopopée |
| Italiano | prosopopea |
noun the personification of an abstraction.
| Français | prosopopée |
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| Italiano | prosopopea |
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title = {prosopopoeia},
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