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- [per-son-uh-fi-key-shuh n]
- /pərˌsɒn ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/
- /pɜːsɔnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [per-son-uh-fi-key-shuh n]
- /pərˌsɒn ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/
Definitions of personification word
- noun personification the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. 1
- noun personification the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art. 1
- noun personification the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact. 1
- noun personification an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction. 1
- noun personification the act of personifying; the attributing of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstraction: The author's personification of the farm animals made for an enchanting children's book. 1
- noun personification a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work. 1
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Origin of personification
First appearance:
before 1745 One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1745-55; personi(fy) + -fication
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Parts of speech for Personification
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
personification popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
personification usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for personification
noun personification
- adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
- alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
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