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personification

English

Etymology

person(ify) +? -ification.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

personification (countable and uncountable, plural personifications)

  1. A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.
    Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.
  2. A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
    The writer used personification to convey her ideas.
  3. An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
    The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.

See also

  • anthropomorphism
  • humanization

Translations

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anthropomorphization

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

anthropomorphization (countable and uncountable, plural anthropomorphizations)

  1. endowing with human qualities.
  2. attributing human characteristics to something that is nonhuman.

Related terms

  • anthropomorphic
  • anthropomorphically
  • anthropomorphism
  • anthropomorphize

Translations

anthropomorphization From the web:

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  • what does anthropomorphization mean
  • anthropomorphization definition
  • define anthropomorphization
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