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Definition of Prosopopoeia
1. Noun. Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature.
Generic synonyms: Figure, Figure Of Speech, Image, Trope
Derivative terms: Personify
Definition of Prosopopoeia
1. Noun. (rhetoric) Personifying a person or object when (communicate communicating) to an (audience). ¹
2. Noun. (personification Personification) of an (abstraction). ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of prosopopoeia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prosopopoeia
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosopopoeia
Literary usage of Prosopopoeia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth, George Gregory, Johann David Michaelis (1815)
"OF THE prosopopoeia, OR PERSONIFICATION. Two kinds of Personification : when a
character is assigned to fictitious or inanimate objects, and when a probable ..."
2. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"THE last in order of those figures, which I proposed to treat of, as being most
adapted to the parabolic style, is the prosopopoeia, or Personification. ..."
3. Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing by Richard Green Parker (1863)
"prosopopoeia, OE PERSONIFICATION. The literal meaning of prosopopoeia is, the
change of things to persons. A fondness for life and animated beings, ..."
4. Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing by Richard Green Parker (1851)
"prosopopoeia, OR PERSONIFICATION. The literal meaning of prosopopoeia is, the
change of things to persons. A fondness for life and animated beings, ..."
5. Studies on Slavery: In Easy Lessons by John Fletcher (1852)
"... prosopopoeia it is made to mean an arrow. Thus, Lam. iii. 13, " He hath caused
the arrows of Ms quiver," ..."
6. Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews by Robert Lowth (1829)
"... and when a probable speech is attributed to a real person—Of fictitious and
inanimate characters; of real characters—The prosopopoeia of the mother of ..."
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