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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

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

From The Life of Jesus by Renan, Ernest

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

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)

The prosopopoeia which is adopted by Plato in the Protagoras and other dialogues is repeated until we grow weary of it.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

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