Synonyms for personification

Grammar : Noun

Spell : per-son-uh-fi-key-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : pərˌsɒn ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən

Définition of personification

Origin : 1755, noun of action from personify. Sense of "embodiment of a quality in a person" is attested from 1807.

noun human characteristics

Example sentences :

You are the personification of fortune, of beauty, and of youth, my dear Seigneur; my only pleasure is in you.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

In such case Notscha would be a personification of the thunder.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

He is rather the personification in painting of the soul of Dante.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various

The goddess has also been regarded as a personification of water, the ocean, or its foam.
Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith

Allatu would, according to this view, be a personification of the 'earth.'
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

It is closely allied to personification, with which it is often associated.
Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter

Personification is the attribution of life to inanimate things.
Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter

In the same way, personification does not take the place of science.
Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell

He leant back and crossed his legs, and was, in a second, the personification of ease.
Extract from : « The Clue of the Twisted Candle » by Edgar Wallace

I need not recommend courage and resolution to you—the personification of both.
Extract from : « The White Chief » by Mayne Reid

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