SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
personification
noun
The representation of a quality in a person or of nonhuman things as having human qualities.
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A useful distinction
Embodiment fits a person representing a quality. In literature, personification also assigns human qualities to nonhuman things.
The representation of a quality in a person or of nonhuman things as having human qualities
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Usage distinction
Return to topEmbodiment fits a person representing a quality. In literature, personification also assigns human qualities to nonhuman things.
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The personify family
personification is grouped under personify in the main dictionaries. This form keeps its meaning and previous study record.
personifyverb
To embody a quality or represent a nonhuman thing as human.
To embody a quality or represent a nonhuman thing as human
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The character would personify the town's restless ambition.
Poets may personify the wind as a whispering traveler.
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See personification in use
She seemed the personification of patience amid the confusion.
The poet's personification of winter gave the season a stern voice.
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