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Meaning of personification

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

personification

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noun

Definitions

  1. A person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.

    Example: Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.

  2. A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

    Example: The writer used personification to convey her ideas.

  3. An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human