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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἠθοποιία
- English todayethopoeia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία (ēthopoiía). Equivalent to etho- + -poeia.
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ethopoeia
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία