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US
/pɝˌsɑnəfəˈkeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /pɜːsˈɒnɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɜːsˈɒnɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
-
a person who represents an abstract quality
she is the personification of optimism - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
How To Use personification In A Sentence
- Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States (US), and sometimes more specifically of the American government, with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812 and the first illustration dating from 1852. The Big Apple
- The godhead is the personification of the highest, the best, the most efficient, and the wisest. The Dominant Sex: A Study in the Sociology of Sex Differentiation, by Mathilde and Mathias Vaerting; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul
- The Cure are the personification of the not-quite and the not-yet: not quite execrated but never really respected; not punk veterans but not yet generic Goff.
- Not only did Cameron produce numerous portraits of Jackson as herself, but also as a poetic ‘Stella’ and a personification of ‘Beauty.’
- I found examples of other tropes and schemes - epanalepsis, asyndeton, polysyndeton, hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, personification, and anadiplosis - but perhaps my point is sufficiently made.
- Most show an easy mastery of terms such as personification and alliteration. Outstanding new teacher: dazzling performer
- Caldwell, remember, is the human personification of the wise centaur, Chiron.
- she is the personification of optimism
- He was the personification and embodiment of hip-hop.
- [228] This chivalrous gentleman, well known as the personification of integrity and honour, had resided many years in the Islands and spoke Tagálog fluently. The Philippine Islands