"prosopopesis" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “mask”); introduced by French psychical researcher René Sudre, whose book \"Parapsychology\" (1926) was published in English by Grove Press in 1962.",
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          "ref": "1929, Psychic Research, volume 23, American Society for Psychical Research, page 381",
          "text": "Mr. Soal declares that while the presence of certain persons is favorable to his duplication of personality and while some persons actually aid the prosopopesis, others have an inhibitive influence.",
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          "ref": "2011, Etzel Cardeña, Michael Winkelman, Altering Consciousness: Multidisiplinary Perspectives, volume 1, ABC-CLIO, page 105",
          "text": "Later, French psychical researcher René Sudre (1880-1968) discussed what he referred to as prosopopesis or the nonconscious tendency to impersonate, as seen in mediumship, as well as in hypnosis, possession and cases of double and multiple personality.",
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          "ref": "1975, Carl Allanmore Murchison, The case for and against psychical belief, Ayer Publishing, page 94",
          "text": "Walter is good-naturedly willing to be called a \"secondary personality,\" a \"hypnotic impersonation\", a \"mindkin\" (C.D.Broad), a \"prosopopesis\" (Sudre) or \"entelechy\" (Driesch). In fact, he says, \"You may call me anything but 'It'!\"",
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        "A sudden and profound change of an individual's personality, whether spontaneous or induced e.g. in hypnosis."
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        "(parapsychology, rare) A sudden and profound change of an individual's personality, whether spontaneous or induced e.g. in hypnosis."
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          "sense": "change of personality",
          "word": "persoonallisuuden muutos"
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          "sense": "change of personality",
          "word": "prosopopesi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "change of personality",
      "word": "persoonallisuuden muutos"
    },
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      "sense": "change of personality",
      "word": "prosopopesi"
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      "sense": "change of personality",
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