English Dictionary

prosopopoeia

noun

(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this. / Personification of an abstraction.

Prosopopoeia is a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is given human qualities or abilities.

意味（1）

(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this.

Of the prosopopœia or personification, there are two kinds: one when action and character are attributed to fictitious, irrational, or even inanimate objects; the others, when a probable but fictitious speech is assigned to a real character.

意味（2）

Personification of an abstraction.