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Webster 1913 Edition
Personification
Per-sonˊi-fi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
personnification
.] 1.
The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.
C. Knight.
2.
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopœia;
“Confusion heards his voice.” as, the floods clap their hands
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Personification
PERSONIFICA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2025
personification
personification
English
Noun
personification (plural personifications)
- A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
- Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
- A figure of speech, in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
- The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
- An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
- The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.
Translations
person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea
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figure of speech
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artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
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