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pro·so·po·pe·ia also pro·so·po·poe·ia (prə-sō'pə-pē'ə) n.
[Latin prosōpopoeia, from Greek prosōpopoiiā : prosōpon, face, mask, dramatic character (pros-, pros- + ōpon, face from ōps, ōp-, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots) + poiein, to make; see kwei-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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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.
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