prosopopoeia

Other forms: prosopopoeias

Definitions of prosopopoeia
  1. noun
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    synonyms: personification
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    type of:
    figure, figure of speech, image, trope
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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