personifiableadj.
/pəˈsɒnᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S. /pərˈsɑnəˌfaɪəb(ə)l/ rare before mid 20th cent.
Capable of being personified.
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personifiable1890
1890 Harper's Mag. June 48/1 Outraged domesticity is not a personifiable quality.
1951 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 12 223 None of these were ever personified or personifiable.
1960 J. B. Broadbent Some Graver Subject iii. 133 With the imagination purged of all personifiable projections of both evil and good there remains nothing but the ultimate realities of God and Satan.
1996 Houston Press (Nexis) 13 June (Art section) Both personable and personifiable, Mickey Mouse, Mr. Toad and Rover invite our psychological and emotional projections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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