prosopopoeia
noun
personification, as of inanimate things.
prosopopeia
-
a variation of
prosopopoeia.
Example Sentences
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At the foundation of all myths lies the mental process of personification, which finds expression in the rhetorical figure of prosopopeia.
From American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent by Daniel Garrison Brinton
But boy-talk is always lively and pointed; not at all precise, but very prone to prosopopeia; ever breaking out of the bounds of legitimate speech to invent new terms of its own.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 by Various
