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personification Definition

per·soni·fi·ca·tion (pər sän′ə fi kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a personifying or being personified
  2. a person or thing thought of as representing some quality, thing, or idea; embodiment; perfect example he is the personification of honesty
  3. a figure of speech in which a thing, quality, or idea is represented as a person

personification Synonyms

personification

n.

metaphor, anthropomorphism, imagery; see representation.

personification Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • evil: He will be the embodiment of sin the personification of evil.
  • force: Stories about these fairy people became merged with Celtic personifications of the forces of nature.
  • idea: There is nothing unusual in the gradual personification of an abstract idea.
  • power: One wonders, then, whether the South American gods were of a similar ilk, i.e. personifications of celestial powers.
  • death: Such personifications of death occur about 80 times in our sample, of which at least 10 ( 12.5 % ) have initial capitals.
  • virtue: Matilda is here the personification of that active rational virtue.

Converse of object

  • become: Then we share his discovery that he hates Calum so profoundly because he has become the personification of his own deformed life.
  • represent: Indeed, does Indract represent the personification of the pre-Christian deity who may have been venerated at Shapwick?
  • use: In his poem Low Water Ted Hughes uses personification to describe a river e.g. ' She lolls on her deep couch.
  • have: Many nature religions, such as animism, believe that everything found in nature has a personification, a spirit.
  • create: Hopkins creates the personification of evil and a character that defines what man is capable of doing to man.
  • show: Hadrian had spent much of his reign touring the Roman world, and some of these showed the personifications of provinces greeting him.

Adjective modifier

  • anthropomorphic: Real Name: None - he has many names and no real name, since he is the anthropomorphic personification of an abstract concept.
  • female: Even in the most ancient sources, the female personification of cities is associated with symbols of weddings.
  • real: Took on the real personification that has long been ignored prior to his.
  • very: Woods, who began the final round only two shots back of the leader, was the very personification of a curious day.
  • legal: It is the legal personification of the University and as such can sue and be sued.
  • poetic: As a poetic personification of misfortune and ill-luck, anyone can accept Satan, but you people think he actually exists.