personification
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personification
- /pɚˌsɑ.nə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun personifications
- A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification. Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
- An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human. The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.
- The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities. You might search in vain if you go looking for personification in his works: his style was very concrete.
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noun person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea
| Español | personificación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 擬人化 gijinka |
| 中文 | 擬人 /拟人 nǐrén |
| Português | personificação |
| Français | personnification |
| Deutsch | Personifizierung |
| Ελληνικά | προσωποποίηση prosopopoíisi |
| Русский | олицетворе́ние olicetvorénije, воплоще́ние voploščénije |
| العربية | تَجْسِيد tajsīd |
noun artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
| Español | personificación |
|---|---|
| Português | personificação |
| Deutsch | Personifizierung |
| Italiano | personificazione |
| Русский | персонифика́ция personifikácija |
noun literary device
| Español | personificación, prosopopeya, metagoge |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 人格化形象 réngéhuà xíngxiàng |
| Português | personificação |
| Deutsch | Personbildung, Personendichtung, Personifikation, Prosopopöie, Personifizierung |
| Русский | персонифика́ция personifikácija |
Talk about this word "personification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/personification. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. personification. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/personification "personification." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/personification.Cite this
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