eidolopoeia

Meanings

1. A rhetorical technique in which a speech is attributed to a deceased person, a phantom, an image or an idol.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἰδωλοποιία (eidōlopoiía, “formation of images; putting words into the mouth of a dead person”), from εἰδωλοποιός (eidōlopoiós, “producing phantom-like appearances”), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “phantom”) + ποιός (poiós, “-like”).