Prosopopoeia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prosopopoeia
       n : representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or
           creature [syn: {personification}]