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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•son•i•fi•ca•tion (pər son′ə fi kā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure.
- the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.
- the person or thing embodying a quality or the like;
an embodiment or incarnation:He is the personification of tact. - an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction.
- the act of personifying.
- Literaturea character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work.
- personi(fy) + -fication 1745–55
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