noun
- plural of prosopopoeia; rhetorical devices in which an abstract concept, inanimate object, or absent person is given human characteristics or is represented as speaking
Usage: literary; rhetoric
Examples
- The poet’s prosopopoeias brought the seasons to life as speaking characters.
- Classical orators frequently employed prosopopoeias to make their arguments more compelling.
- The speech included several prosopopoeias, with Justice herself condemning the crime.
- Students studied various prosopopoeias in their rhetoric textbook.
- The playwright’s prosopopoeias gave voice to abstract concepts like Death and Time.