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personification
(encz) | personification,personifikace n: [bio.] zosobnění Václav Švirga |
personification
(encz) | personification,perzonifikace n: Zdeněk Brož |
personification
(encz) | personification,zosobnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Personification
(gcide) | Personification \Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
personnification.]
1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. --C.
Knight.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or
abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with
personality; prosopop[oe]ia; as, the floods clap their
hands. "Confusion heards his voice." --Milton.
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personification
(wn) | personification
n 1: a person who represents an abstract quality; "she is the
personification of optimism"
2: representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or
creature [syn: personification, prosopopoeia]
3: the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract
ideas etc. [syn: personification, incarnation] |
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Impersonification
(gcide) | Impersonation \Im*per`son*a"tion\, Impersonification
\Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n.
The act of impersonating; personification; investment with
personality; representation in a personal form.
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Personification
(gcide) | Personification \Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
personnification.]
1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. --C.
Knight.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or
abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with
personality; prosopop[oe]ia; as, the floods clap their
hands. "Confusion heards his voice." --Milton.
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