PERSONIFICATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
   Synonym(s)
   • incarnation (what does incarnation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) personification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • embodiment (what does embodiment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • personify (what does personify mean?)
   • personate (what does personate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
   Synonym(s)
   • prosopopoeia (what does prosopopoeia mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) personification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • trope (what does trope mean?)
   • figure of speech (what does figure of speech mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   • image (what does image mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • body (what does body mean?)
   • personify (what does personify mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a person who represents an abstract quality
   Usage Example(s)
   • she is the personification of optimism
   Hypernyms(s) personification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • person (what does person mean?)
   • individual (what does individual mean?)
   • someone (what does someone mean?)
   • somebody (what does somebody mean?)
   • mortal (what does mortal mean?)
   • human (what does human mean?)
   • soul (what does soul mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • embodiment (what does embodiment mean?)
   • incarnation (what does incarnation mean?)
   • avatar (what does avatar mean?)
   • queen (what does queen mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • body (what does body mean?)
   • personify (what does personify mean?)