Definition of Personification
Personification
per·son·i·fi·ca·tion
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
the action of attributing personal or human qualities to something, or the action of representing a thing (or an abstract quality) in the form of a human/person;
e.g. The poem uses personification when viewing an old tree as a person.
(noun)
an incarnation (a physical representation) or an embodiment of something, especially of some quality;
e.g. She seemed like the personification of beauty in the evening gown.
(noun)
a representation of a thing or an abstract concept in the form of an imaginary or divine being;
e.g. The goddess is viewed as the personification of wisdom.
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