prosopopeya

Definitions of prosopopeya
  1. noun
    lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
    synonyms: ampulosidad, aparatosidad, elación, empaque, hinchazón, magisterio, mirlo, pedantería, pomposidad, rimbombancia
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    type of:
    deslucimiento, inelegancia
    the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
  2. noun
    representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
    synonyms: personificación
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    type of:
    tropo
    language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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