| antiprosopopoeia |
| an-ti-pro-so-po-pe'-i-a | from
Gk. anti, "opposite," prosopon, "face," "person" and poiein, "to make" |
| anti-personification | |
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The representation of persons as inanimate objects. | |
| This inversion of prosopopoeia or personification can simply be the use of a metaphor to depict or describe a person. | ||
| Examples | ||
| She was a doormat upon which the tread of too many boots had scraped. | ||
| Related Figures | ||
| Sources: | Bullinger 870 | |
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