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Definitions

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

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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

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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

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

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)

And do you take seriously the city of Salente and the prosopopoeia of Fabricius?

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

These prosopopoeia of Wisdom personified are found in much older books.

From The Life of Jesus by Renan, Ernest

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