| NOUN | person | personification | a person who represents an abstract quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | personification, prosopopoeia | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | |
| act | personification, incarnation | the act of attributing human characteristics / characteristics to abstract ideas etc. |
| Sounds | persaa.nahfahkey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A person who represents an abstract quality. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she is the personification of optimism" | |
| Narrower | embodiment, incarnation, avatar | A new personification of a familiar / familiar idea |
| queen | Something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | personificación | |
| Catalan | personificació | |
| Verbs | personify | invest with or as with a body |
| Meaning | representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | prosopopoeia | |
| Broader | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Spanish | personificación, prosopopeya | |
| Catalan | personificació, prosopopeia | |
| Verbs | personify | invest with or as with a body |
| Meaning | The act of attributing human characteristics / characteristics to abstract ideas etc.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | incarnation | |
| Broader | embodiment | Giving concrete form to an abstract concept |
| Spanish | personificación | |
| Catalan | personificació | |
| Verbs | personify | attribute human qualities to something |
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