personification
21personification — noun Date: circa 1755 1. attribution of personal qualities; especially representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form 2. a divinity or imaginary being representing a thing or abstraction 3. embodiment, incarnation …
22Personification — Personnification La personnification est une figure de style qui consiste à attribuer des propriétés humaines à un animal ou à une chose inanimée (objet concret ou abstraction) que l on fait parler, agir, à qui l on s adresse etc. comme dans l… …
23personification — Synonyms and related words: acting, aping, characterization, corporealization, dumb show, embodiment, enacting, enactment, imitation, impersonation, incarnation, incorporation, masquerade, materialization, metempsychosis, mimesis, mimicking,… …
24personification — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. metaphor, anthropomorphism, imagery; see representation . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A physical entity typifying an abstraction: embodiment, exteriorization, externalization, incarnation, manifestation, materialization …
25personification — n. act of ascribing human qualities to an inhuman object; embodiment, incarnation; symbol; model, exampleper·son·i·fi·ca·tion || pÉœr‚sÉ‘nɪfɪ keɪʃn /pɜ˂sÉ’ …
26personification — Representation of something inanimate or abstract as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living human being. For example, Liberty is portrayed as a woman raising a torch. This is also called prosopopeia. Also see… …
27personification — n. (Rhet.) 1. Prosopopoeia. 2. Embodiment, impersonation …
28personification — n 1. figure of speech, figure, image, Rhet. prosopopoeia, pathetic fallacy; metaphor, conceit. 2. embodiment, incarnation, materialization; manifestation, appearance, likeness, semblance; reproduction, duplication, recreation, reincarnation. 3.… …
29personification — per·son·i·fi·ca·tion …
30personification — /pəsɒnəfəˈkeɪʃən / (say puhsonuhfuh kayshuhn) noun 1. the attribution of personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. 2. the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a… …
