prosopopesis

== English == === Etymology === From prosopo- (“person, mask”) +‎ -poiesis; introduced by French psychical researcher René Sudre, whose book "Parapsychology" (1926) was published in English by Grove Press in 1962. Possibly influenced by προσωποποιία (prosōpopoiía, “dramatization, prosopopoeia”). === Noun === prosopopesis (parapsychology, rare) A sudden and profound change of an individual's personality, whether spontaneous or induced e.g. in hypnosis. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== dissociative identity disorder possession séance trance