单词 | personalization |
释义 | personalizationn. 1. A person viewed as the embodiment of some quality or feeling; representation in or as a person; personification. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > personification > [noun] impersonation1589 personalizing1728 impersonification1784 impersonization1796 personation1832 personalization1863 1863 M. L. Booth tr. E. Laboulaye Paris in Amer. 313 God is an old-fashioned word; it is the personalization of ideality. 1880 A. M. Fairbairn Stud. Life Christ (1881) Introd. 27 He was the personalization of its genius, the heir of its work. 1884 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 458 Personalization exists at the outset; and the worship is in all cases the worship of an indwelling ghost-derived being. 1911 W. W. Fowler Relig. Exper. Rom. People vii. 149 It is not..a priori probable that the process of personalisation (if I may coin the word) should have proceeded..so far as to ascribe to these named deities..the characteristics of human beings. 1992 New Republic 18 May 40/1 This glide from the personalization of the fetus to the depersonalization of abortion. 2. a. The action of making something personal, or focused on or concerned with a certain individual or individuals; emphasis on or attention to individual persons or personal details. Also as a count noun: a description or account of individuals. ΚΠ 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xx. 124 As you hardily deny and disclaim any interest in my generalizations concerning their kind, and desire only my personalizations, [etc.]. 1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy vi. 163 The quite unusual degree of ‘personalisation’ in the newspapers designed particularly for working-class people. 1968 S. Brittan Left or Right viii. 172 The personalisation of politics round the leaders. 1993 J. Kay Found. Corporate Success vii. xxii. 365 The Anglo-American business environment has particularly developed this personalization of the role of the chief executive, who has come to enjoy the status of the commanding general. b. The action of making something identifiable as belonging or relating to a particular person, organization, etc., especially by marking it with a name or set of initials; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1963 Times 29 Jan. 15/3 These modern systems include personalisation of cheques and vouchers, [etc.] 1983 P. Fussell Class v. 123 Add $4.50 for personalization up to 25 letters. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 25 Oct. (Business section) 1 c When Gap offered to embroider an initial on the back pocket of its cords, stores were nearly overrun with shoppers who wanted the personalization. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863 |
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