n. 1. A figure of speech in which an absent or imaginary person is represented as speaking. 2. See personification. [Latin prosōpopoeia, from Greek prosōpopoiiā : prosōpon, face, mask, dramatic character (pros-, pros- + ōps, ōp-, eye; see okw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + poiein, to make; see kwei-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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