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prosopopoeia

[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh] / proʊˌsoʊ pəˈpi ə /
NOUN
embodiment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apotheosis archetype avatar epitome exemplar expression personification realization symbol
STRONG
cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment example exemplification form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration matter organization quintessence reification structure systematization type
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization
WEAK
exclusion
NOUN
materialization
Synonyms
STRONGEST
realization
STRONG
apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation matter objectification organization personification quintessence reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type
WEAK
personalization
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization
NOUN
objectification
Synonyms
STRONG
apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation materialization matter organization personification quintessence realization reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type
WEAK
personalization
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization
NOUN
personalization
Synonyms
WEAK
apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation materialization matter objectification organization personification quintessence realization reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type
NOUN
prosopopeia
Synonyms
WEAK
apotheosis archetype cast collection comprehension conformation embracement encompassment epitome example exemplar exemplification expression exteriorization externalization form formation incarnation inclusion incorporation integration manifestation materialization matter objectification organization personalization personification quintessence realization reification structure substantiation symbol systematization type

Example Sentences

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Over its many seasons of courtship Harrison has come to be the prosopopoeia of all the nation's unease over changing demographics.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2021

Then I was by him, &c. which he does not think a prosopopoeia, but spoken of a subsisting person.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Possibly, however, the addressing those bodies may simply be an instance of prosopopoeia.

From The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 by Legge, James

The same thing happened to the Romans, when military success took them out of Italy,—a thing which the author of the prosopopoeia of Fabricius could not explain.

From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

The want of scenery is sometimes supplied by a very unclassical figure, which, just the reverse of the prosopopoeia or personification of grammarians, considers persons to represent things.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir

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