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PERSONIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
Synonyms:
incarnation; personification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("personification" is a kind of...):
embodiment (giving concrete form to an abstract concept)
Derivation:
personify (attribute human qualities to something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
Synonyms:
personification; prosopopoeia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("personification" is a kind of...):
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
Derivation:
personify (invest with or as with a body; give body to)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who represents an abstract quality
Example:
she is the personification of optimism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("personification" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "personification"):
avatar; embodiment; incarnation (a new personification of a familiar idea)
queen (something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind)
Derivation:
personify (invest with or as with a body; give body to)
