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1. (n.) personification
the attribution of a human nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure.
2. personification
the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
3. personification
an embodiment, as of a quality:
He is the personification of tact.
Etymology: (1745–55)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) personification
a person who represents an abstract quality
"she is the personification of optimism"
2. (noun) personification, prosopopoeia
representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
3. (noun) personification, incarnation
the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
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1. (noun) personification
the act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment
2. (noun) personification
a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands
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