ethopoeia

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. rhetoric,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,rhetoric
    — 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.

词形变化

ethopoeiae plural ethopoeias plural ethopoiia alternative

词源

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