英语词汇“personification”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

personification

/pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n

noun

1 [mass noun] The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form: the book provides a sustained account of how literary personification works...

In those cultures, many scholars and many books would say the same: All these gods are then personification of some nature or phenomenon.
The function of this process of personification is that it permits nature to be thought of as if it were a society of persons, and so makes of it a social or moral order.
Evil, mysterious, hostile to health and goodness, demons were once viewed as inferior gods-the personification of the powers behind human sickness, idolatry, and heresy.

2A figure intended to represent an abstract quality: the knight is accompanied by two feminine personifications of vice...

The biblical figures bracket seated personifications of Virtues, and they establish the underlying context: mankind's redemption through Christ's advent.
By far the majority of personifications are feminine, products of either an idealization or demonization of woman.
Eros is a term insufficiently abstract; Eros is a god, Aphrodite a personification.

Synonyms

embodiment, incarnation, epitome, quintessence, essence, type, symbol, soul, picture, model, symbolization, exemplification, exemplar, image, representation, likeness, manifestation

rare avatar

2.1A person or thing regarded as embodying a quality, concept, etc. he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy...

The ultimate personification of God's love was Jesus, and His love was expressed through the action of dying on the cross.
She is the archetypal personification of the sonnet claim because she promises Petrarch poetic fame.
His public image was the personification of noblesse oblige, a wholesome and vigorous young president with a beautiful wife and young children.

单词	personification
释义	personification /pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n / noun 1 [mass noun] The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form: the book provides a sustained account of how literary personification works... In those cultures, many scholars and many books would say the same: All these gods are then personification of some nature or phenomenon. The function of this process of personification is that it permits nature to be thought of as if it were a society of persons, and so makes of it a social or moral order. Evil, mysterious, hostile to health and goodness, demons were once viewed as inferior gods-the personification of the powers behind human sickness, idolatry, and heresy. 2A figure intended to represent an abstract quality: the knight is accompanied by two feminine personifications of vice... The biblical figures bracket seated personifications of Virtues, and they establish the underlying context: mankind's redemption through Christ's advent. By far the majority of personifications are feminine, products of either an idealization or demonization of woman. Eros is a term insufficiently abstract; Eros is a god, Aphrodite a personification. Synonyms embodiment, incarnation, epitome, quintessence, essence, type, symbol, soul, picture, model, symbolization, exemplification, exemplar, image, representation, likeness, manifestation rare avatar 2.1A person or thing regarded as embodying a quality, concept, etc. he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy... The ultimate personification of God's love was Jesus, and His love was expressed through the action of dying on the cross. She is the archetypal personification of the sonnet claim because she promises Petrarch poetic fame. His public image was the personification of noblesse oblige, a wholesome and vigorous young president with a beautiful wife and young children.
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