Definition of Persanification
Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
personnification.] 1. The act of
personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.
2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which
an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or
endowed with personality; prosopop&?;ia; as, the floods clap their
hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification
- a figure of speech, prosopopeia, in which an inanimate object or an abstraction is given human qualities
- an artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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