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ALL meanings of personification

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  • noun personification the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. 1
  • noun personification the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art. 1
  • noun personification the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact. 1
  • noun personification an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction. 1
  • noun personification the act of personifying; the attributing of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstraction: The author's personification of the farm animals made for an enchanting children's book. 1
  • noun personification a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work. 1
  • noun personification attribution of human qualities 1
  • noun personification embodiment 1
  • noun personification epitome 1
  • singular noun personification If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality. 0
  • variable noun personification A personification of something abstract is its representation in the form of a person. 0
  • noun personification the attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas, etc, as for literary or artistic effect 0
  • noun personification the representation of an abstract quality or idea in the form of a person, creature, etc, as in art and literature 0
  • noun personification a person or thing that personifies 0
  • noun personification a person or thing regarded as an embodiment of a quality 0
  • noun personification a personifying or being personified 0
  • noun personification a person or thing thought of as representing some quality, thing, or idea; embodiment; perfect example 0
  • noun personification a figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person 0
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