personification

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Synonyms: impersonification, persification, personifications, personificator, appersonification, personificative

Antonyms: impersonification, persification, personifications, personificator, appersonification, personificative

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|instance that typifies}} {{lb|en|countable}} A [[person]], [[thing]]{{,}} or [[name]] [[typifying]] a [[certain]] [[quality]] or [[idea]]; an [[embodiment]] or [[exemplification]].
2. {{senseid|en|instance of being portrayed as a person}} {{lb|en|countable}} An [[artistic]] [[representation]] of an [[abstract]] [[quality]] as a human.
3. {{senseid|en|process of personifying}} {{lb|en|usually|uncountable}} The [[process]] of creating such a representation: a [[literary device]] or other [[artistic]] [[method]] in which an [[inanimate]] [[object]] or an [[idea]] is given [[human]] [[qualities]].

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