Main Entry: pro·so·po·poe·ia

Pronunciation: \prə-ˌsō-pə-ˈpē-ə, ˌprä-sə-pə-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek prosōpopoiia, from prosōpon mask, person (from pros- + ōps face) + poiein to make — more at eye, poet

Date: circa 1555

1 : a figure of speech in which an imaginary or absent person is represented as speaking or acting
2 : personification