impersonificationn.

Brit.

/ɪmpəˌsɒnᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɪmpərˌsɑnəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: impersonation n.

Etymology: Alteration (with suffix substitution: see -fication suffix) of impersonation n., after personification n. Compare slightly later impersonify v., impersonization n.

Now somewhat rare.

1. The action or an act of representing or imagining an immaterial thing or abstract quality as a person or being; personification. Also: an example of this; the personification or embodiment of a particular quality, idea, etc.

ΚΠ

1784 Public Advertiser 19 Mar. 2/4 His ‘Old Age’ was one of the compleatest Impersonifications ever seen.

1799 J. West Tale of Times III. 38 A striking impersonification of suffering meekness.

1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 319/1 A myth..is the ideal impersonification of a mighty impulse bestowed on the human mind.

1865 E. Lott Harem Life Egypt I. p. ix The far-famed Odalisques of the nineteenth century, those mysterious impersonifications of Eastern loveliness.

1895 Freemasons' Repository Feb. 246 Letitia..signifies joy, and is the impersonification of the dawn of light dispensing joy and gladness to all creation.

1921 Spectator 11 June 737/1 When we talk about the State doing a thing, we are indulging in a poetic impersonification.

2016 @AngelReedie 4 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) She's the impersonification of sweetness.

2. The action or an act of pretending to be someone else, usually for the purpose of entertainment or fraud; (in early use esp.) the acting of a role in a play, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [noun] > of a character

personage1534

personation1589

impersonating1609

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impersonification1787

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personification1814

impersonization1890

1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 1 May Mrs. Mattocks got applause..on her ready impersonification of the daughter.

1851 Liverpool Mercury 21 Mar. 230/3 His impersonification of the character was marked by the care and judgment which distinguish all this gentleman's performances.

1861 Daily Kentucky Yeoman 6 Dec. 1/4 The two former are charged with false impersonifications.

1916 Life 6 Jan. 56/2 A New York doctor who..was active in remonstrance against all female impersonifications by men.

1987 Financial Times 11 Dec. 21/1 The current rash of impersonification of media and political figures.

2016 New Indian Express (Nexis) 13 Feb. Crimes like cheating, phishing, forgery, impersonification, etc., on social media sites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impersonification
释义	impersonificationn. Brit. /ɪmpəˌsɒnᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɪmpərˌsɑnəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: impersonation n. Etymology: Alteration (with suffix substitution: see -fication suffix) of impersonation n., after personification n. Compare slightly later impersonify v., impersonization n. Now somewhat rare. 1. The action or an act of representing or imagining an immaterial thing or abstract quality as a person or being; personification. Also: an example of this; the personification or embodiment of a particular quality, idea, etc. ΚΠ 1784 Public Advertiser 19 Mar. 2/4 His ‘Old Age’ was one of the compleatest Impersonifications ever seen. 1799 J. West Tale of Times III. 38 A striking impersonification of suffering meekness. 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 319/1 A myth..is the ideal impersonification of a mighty impulse bestowed on the human mind. 1865 E. Lott Harem Life Egypt I. p. ix The far-famed Odalisques of the nineteenth century, those mysterious impersonifications of Eastern loveliness. 1895 Freemasons' Repository Feb. 246 Letitia..signifies joy, and is the impersonification of the dawn of light dispensing joy and gladness to all creation. 1921 Spectator 11 June 737/1 When we talk about the State doing a thing, we are indulging in a poetic impersonification. 2016 @AngelReedie 4 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) She's the impersonification of sweetness. 2. The action or an act of pretending to be someone else, usually for the purpose of entertainment or fraud; (in early use esp.) the acting of a role in a play, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > [noun] > of a character personage1534 personation1589 impersonating1609 personating1615 impersonification1787 impersonation1792 personification1814 impersonization1890 1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 1 May Mrs. Mattocks got applause..on her ready impersonification of the daughter. 1851 Liverpool Mercury 21 Mar. 230/3 His impersonification of the character was marked by the care and judgment which distinguish all this gentleman's performances. 1861 Daily Kentucky Yeoman 6 Dec. 1/4 The two former are charged with false impersonifications. 1916 Life 6 Jan. 56/2 A New York doctor who..was active in remonstrance against all female impersonifications by men. 1987 Financial Times 11 Dec. 21/1 The current rash of impersonification of media and political figures. 2016 New Indian Express (Nexis) 13 Feb. Crimes like cheating, phishing, forgery, impersonification, etc., on social media sites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1784
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