personification
per·son·i·fi·ca·tion
(pər-sŏn′ə-fĭ-kā′shən)n.
1. The act of personifying.
2. A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison).
3. A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form, as in Hunger sat shivering on the road or Flowers danced about the lawn. Also called prosopopeia.
4. Artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person.
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personification
(pɜːˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)n
1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the attribution of human characteristics to things, abstract ideas, etc, as for literary or artistic effect
2. (Art Terms) the representation of an abstract quality or idea in the form of a person, creature, etc, as in art and literature
3. a person or thing that personifies
4. a person or thing regarded as an embodiment of a quality: he is the personification of optimism.
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per•son•i•fi•ca•tion
(pərˌsɒn ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən)n.
1. the attribution of a human nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure.
2. the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
3. an embodiment, as of a quality: He is the personification of tact.
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personification
the attribution of personality to an inanimate object or abstraction, as “the table tripped me.” Also called prosopopoeia. — personificative, adj.
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personification
1. The representation of something as if it were a person or had human qualities, such as in “Death came and took her.”
2. Giving objects or concepts a personal living form.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  personification - a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the personification of optimism"avatar, embodiment, incarnation - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" |
| 2. | personification - representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | |
| 3. | personification - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. embodiment - giving concrete form to an abstract concept |
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nounA physical entity typifying an abstraction:
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Translations
personifikacezosobnění
personifikacija
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