prosopopoeia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    personification.

WordNet

Pros`o*po*poe"ia noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. a face, a person + to make.
Definitions
  1. (Rhet.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.

Webster 1913