PERSONIFICATION


Meaning of PERSONIFICATION in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .