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Noun: prosopopoeia  pru,sow-pu'pee-u or ,pró-su-pu'pee-u
  1. Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    "In the poem, Death was personified as a grim reaper, an example of prosopopoeia";
    - personification

Derived forms: prosopopoeias

Type of: figure, figure of speech, image, trope

Encyclopedia: Prosopopoeia