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What is "personification" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does personification mean in English? Meaning of personification definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "personification" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "personification": a person who represents an abstract quality

Noun

  • Meaning: a person who represents an abstract quality
  • Example: she is the personification of optimism
  • Synonyms: personification
  • Hyponyms: avatar embodiment incarnation queen
  • Hypernyms: individual mortal person somebody someone soul

    • Meaning of "personification": representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

    Noun

  • Meaning: representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
  • Synonyms: personification prosopopoeia
  • Hypernyms: figure figure of speech image trope

    • Meaning of "personification": the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.

    Noun

  • Meaning: the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
  • Synonyms: incarnation personification
  • Hypernyms: embodiment

    • Synonyms:

    role, prosopopeia,

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