ethopoeia

noun

1. A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.

   uncountable

   The situation envisioned is the contest for a prize described in Herodotus 8.123 and cast in the form of ethopoeia.

2. An instance of this technique.

   countable

   In their ethopoeias of the ideal lover, de la Torre, Ribera, and Luduefia emphasize, as we have seen, eloquence, good physical proportions, youth, elegance, discretion and honesty.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία (ēthopoiía). Equivalent to etho- + -poeia.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ethopoeia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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