"prosopopoeia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹəˌsəʊpəˈpiːə/ Forms: prosopopoeias [plural], prosopopoeiae [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiía, “dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters”). By surface analysis, prosopo- + -poeia. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|προσωποποιία||dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiía, “dramatization, the putting of speeches into the mouths of characters”), {{surf|en|prosopo-|-poeia}} By surface analysis, prosopo- + -poeia Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|prosopopoeiae}} prosopopoeia (countable and uncountable, plural prosopopoeias or prosopopoeiae)
  1. (rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric, Figures of speech Translations (Personifying a person or object.): олицетворение (olicetvorenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), prosopopée [feminine] (French), prosopopea [feminine] (Italian), prozopopeja [feminine] (Polish), prosopopéia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-prosopopoeia-en-noun-9kvsz~UQ Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with prosopo-, English terms suffixed with -poeia, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with prosopo-: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -poeia: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'Personifying a person or object.': 97 3
  2. Personification of an abstraction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Personification of an abstraction.): prosopopée [feminine] (French), prosopopea [feminine] (Italian), animizacja [neuter] (Polish), ożywienie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-prosopopoeia-en-noun-2qCdAuQJ Disambiguation of 'Personification of an abstraction.': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prosopopeia, prosopopœia Related terms: anthropomorphism

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