Noun: prosopopoeia pru,sow-pu'pee-u or ,pró-su-pu'pee-u
- 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