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prosopopoeia |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prosopopoeia \Pros`o*po*p[oe]"ia\, n. [L., fr Gr ?; pro`swpon a face, a person + ? to make.] (Rhet.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prosopopoeia n : representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature [syn: {personification}]
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