Значення

значень: 3
  1. (злічуване)A person, thing, or name typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification.

    Adolf Hitler was the personification of anti-Semitism.

    Personifizierung

    олицетворе́ниеolicetvorénije, воплоще́ниеvoploščénije

    персоніфіка́ціяpersonifikácija

    representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

  2. (злічуване)An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human.

    The Grim Reaper is a personification of death.

    Personifizierung

    персонифика́цияpersonifikácija

    a person who represents an abstract quality

  3. (незлічуване, зазвичай)The process of creating such a representation: a literary device or other artistic method in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.

    You might search in vain if you go looking for personification in his works: his style was very concrete.

    The writer used personification to convey her ideas.

    Personbildung, Personendichtung, Personifikation

    персонифика́цияpersonifikácija

    персоніфіка́ціяpersonifikácija

Приклади

речень: 4
  1. He is the personification of selfishness.

  2. He's seen as the personification of evil.

  3. Copernicus turned from a person into a personification.

  4. Tom is the personification of an inferiority complex.

Українська
За значеннями 1
person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea:
Русский
За значеннями 2
person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea:
artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human:
Deutsch
За значеннями 2
person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea:
literary device:

Форми

множина: personifications
Однинаpersonification
Множинаpersonifications

правильне

Синоніми

синонімів: 2
Близькі за значенням
  • the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.:incarnation
  • representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature:prosopopoeia

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 4

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
personification — значення, приклади, форми, синоніми | Krumeto