Prosopopeia
or prosopopeia
[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh] /proʊˌsoʊ pəˈpi ə/
noun, Rhetoric.
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.
prosopopoeia
/ˌprɒsəpəˈpiːə/
noun
1.
(rhetoric) another word for personification
2.
a figure of speech that represents an imaginary, absent, or dead person speaking or acting
Read Also:
- Prosopoplegia
prosopoplegia pros·o·po·ple·gia (prŏs’ə-pō-plē’jə) n. See facial palsy. pros’o·po·ple’gic (-jĭk) adj.
- Prosopopoeia
or prosopopeia [proh-soh-puh-pee-uh] /proʊˌsoʊ pəˈpi ə/ noun, Rhetoric. 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. prosopopoeia /ˌprɒsəpəˈpiːə/ noun 1. (rhetoric) another word for personification 2. a figure of speech that represents an imaginary, absent, or dead person […]
- Prosoposchisis
prosoposchisis pros·o·pos·chi·sis (prŏs’ə-pŏs’kĭ-sĭs) n. A congenital facial cleft extending from the mouth to the orbit of the eye.
- Prosopospasm
prosopospasm pros·o·po·spasm (prŏs’ə-pō-spāz’əm) n. See facial tic.
- Prosopyle
noun 1. (in sponges) a pore through which water is drawn from the outside into one of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall.