| 单词 | personification |
| 释义 | personification —personificator, n. /peuhr son'euh fi kay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. 2. the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art. 3. the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation: He is the personification of tact. 4. an imaginary person or creature conceived or figured to represent a thing or abstraction. 5. the act of personifying. 6. a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work. [1745-55; PERSONI(FY) + -FICATION] |
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