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Personification - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Personification : (noun)
1: a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the
personification of optimism"
2: representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or
creature [syn: prosopopoeia]
3: the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract
ideas etc. [syn: incarnation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Personification : \Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [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; prosopop?ia; as, the floods clap their hands.
``Confusion heards his voice.'' --Milton.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Personification |
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