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personification

nounfeminine/pɨɾsunifikɐˈsɐ̃w̃/medium

per·so·ni·fi·ca·ção

Definition

The action or effect of personifying; the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or abstractions.
The fable uses the personification of animals to convey a moral lesson.
Death is often the personification of the end of life in literature.
Common collocations
personification of an ideapersonification of natureuse of personification

Etymology

Do latim 'personificatio', de 'persona' (pessoa) + 'facere' (fazer).

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