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Meaning of 'personification' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Personification [ n.]
- The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment.
- A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands.

Meaning of 'personification' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . personification [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who represents an abstract quality
Example in sentence:
  • she is the personification of optimism

Nearby Words:

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