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per·son·i·fi·ca·tion
 personification
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person considered to be a perfect example or embodiment of some quality or other abstraction.
He was the personification of humility.- synonyms:
- byword, embodiment, epitome, image
- similar words:
- figure, ideal, incarnation, paradigm, picture, quintessence, realization, type
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| definition 2: |
the act or technique of ascribing human attributes to nonhuman or inanimate things.
- similar words:
- animation, anthropomorphism
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| definition 3: |
a representation of a person, as in literature or art, that serves to symbolize or personify some quality or other abstraction.
These figures are personifications of the seven deadly sins.- similar words:
- embodiment, figure, image, projection, rendering, representation, symbol
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| related words: |
allegory |
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