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单词 prosopopoeia
释义 pro·so·po·poe·ia
\prəˌsōpəˈpēə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek prosōpopoiia dramatization, prosopopoeia, from prosōpon person, face + -poiia (from poiein to make + -ia -y) — more at poet
1. : a figure of speech in which an absent person is represented as speaking or a dead person as alive and present
 < the whole speech, a prosopopoeia spoken as by the poor man — Quarterly Journal of Speech >
2. : personification
 < a prosopopoeia by which virtue becomes a knight in shining armor >
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