personification
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6.5
- noun
- /ˌpɜrsəˈnɪfɪˌkeɪʃən/
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encarnación
- Many consider her the personification of kindness, always helping those in need.
- a female personification
- the personification of the public
- became the personification
And this sort of almost like Butler is a personification or the representation of Mitchell to the voters of Wisconsin.
- And this sort of almost like Butler is a personification or the representation of Mitchell to the voters of Wisconsin.
- Well, that's why monarchies turn out to be more stable than republics because you have a a personification of, of the state that is above partisan politics.
- Beast is the personification of let's continue to purify what the algorithm rewards.
- And, and so Ted wasn't, and we spoke about a lot, you know, me, Brandon Joe and Bill Lawrence about Ted being the personification of mushrooms.
Examples
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In this article, as in his other later essays, he is the personification of alienation.
Academic text (1993) -
Lonely and temperamental, Apollo is the personification of an ancient god, loving one second, vengeful the next.
Academic text (2009) -
I am the personification of everything they have rejected.
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That is absolutely the personification of why we are here tonight celebrating the power of women.
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You are the personification of order... morality, government-- in fact, the whole of society.
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Community presidents receive a certain degree of respect as the personification of the community.
Academic text (2001) -
She is the personification of evil.
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Why, you're the very personification of youth.
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Early Christians believed Jesus to be the personification of Sophia.
Fiction book (1994) -
During her brief and painful ordeal, he became the personification of the devoted husband.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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4.1
A person or thing that clearly shows a quality
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3.5
A picture or model that shows what something looks like
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5.5
A person or thing that shows an idea, quality and feeling
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7.4
A perfect example of a person or thing that shows a certain quality
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6.8
A person or thing that represents an idea, for example kindness
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6.3
A person or thing that shows a quality very clearly
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6.7
An example that shows something, or the act of showing something using an example
A person or thing that shows an idea as a human, for example justice
How Representative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Personification comes from the Latin word persona meaning 'mask' or 'person' and the part -fication meaning 'to make'. So, when someone is called the personification of a quality, they are like the 'made' form of that idea — a living example of it.